I decided to start the year off right by reading the entire Book of Mormon. I finished this morning with 3 days to spare! Here's what I've decided:
1. It's easier than you would think to read it in 28 days, even with school and other books, and a brother getting married, and work and etc.
2. My favorite part is Mosiah and Alma.
3. It is crazy applicable to my every day life.
4. I really do know it is true and inspired. Honestly, much of what I know about Jesus Christ comes from the pages of this book. In the dozen or two times I've read it, I have found more and more that it brings me to Christ.
Almost everyday this month, as I finished my reading for the day, I would say to myself, "Sooooo repent! Let go of my pride, turn to Christ, and let Him heal me." It's an oddly refreshing reminder. In a world of pride and self-aggrandizement, it's not cool to submit to God and His will. It can be confusing to know what is "right" or if there even is a right. Page after page in this book, we are reminded that there is a truth, there is a right, there is a way to peace and happiness in this world. That way is humility and repentance through the Atonement and sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Listen to this:
Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth. Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered. Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise. (2 Nephi 2:6-8)
Those verses are such a good representation of what the entire book is and stands for! It is a testimony of Jesus Christ. He is our Savior. Through Him we are saved through grace and mercy, one day to stand before God again. How important it is to make these things known!
If you are looking for that missing something in your life this year, I invite you to read the Book of Mormon. You won't regret it.
(If you need a copy, go to mormon.org, or send me a message and I'll be happy to get you one)
1. It's easier than you would think to read it in 28 days, even with school and other books, and a brother getting married, and work and etc.
2. My favorite part is Mosiah and Alma.
3. It is crazy applicable to my every day life.
4. I really do know it is true and inspired. Honestly, much of what I know about Jesus Christ comes from the pages of this book. In the dozen or two times I've read it, I have found more and more that it brings me to Christ.
Almost everyday this month, as I finished my reading for the day, I would say to myself, "Sooooo repent! Let go of my pride, turn to Christ, and let Him heal me." It's an oddly refreshing reminder. In a world of pride and self-aggrandizement, it's not cool to submit to God and His will. It can be confusing to know what is "right" or if there even is a right. Page after page in this book, we are reminded that there is a truth, there is a right, there is a way to peace and happiness in this world. That way is humility and repentance through the Atonement and sacrifice of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
Listen to this:
Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth. Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered. Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise. (2 Nephi 2:6-8)
Those verses are such a good representation of what the entire book is and stands for! It is a testimony of Jesus Christ. He is our Savior. Through Him we are saved through grace and mercy, one day to stand before God again. How important it is to make these things known!
If you are looking for that missing something in your life this year, I invite you to read the Book of Mormon. You won't regret it.
(If you need a copy, go to mormon.org, or send me a message and I'll be happy to get you one)
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