January 17th, 2010

January 17th, 2010

Scripture of the Day: Moses 7:28-29, & 32-33
"And it came to pass that the God of heaven looked upon the residue of the people, and he wept; and Enoch bore record of it, saying: How is it that the heavens weep, and shed forth their tears as the rain upon the moutains? And Enoch said unto the Lord: How is it that thou cans weep seeing thou art holy, and from all eternity to all eternity? The Lord said unto Enoch: Behold these thy brethren; they are the workmanship of mine own hands, and I gave unto them their knowledge, in the day I created them; and in the Garden of Eden, gave I unto man his agency; And unto they brethren have I said, and also given commandment, that they should love one another, and that they should choose me, their Father; but behold, they are without affection, and they hate their own blood;"
-This is one of the scriptures that we discussed today in Sunday School, and we ended up having a really good discussion about it, about how people today really dislike themselves and that's how so many people make a mint off telling people what they need to fix about themselves. We are beautiful and incredibly talented children of God and when we don't act that way and don't believe what Christ and our Heavenly Father have told us about ourselves, we make our Heavenly Father weep. We were His crowning creation and when we show such ingratitude for the perfection of his creation it pains Him. I am definitely at fault in this regard at times, I love my body and all that it is able to do, but I am not satisfied with my outward appearance, I need to change my attitude and focus, rather than disliking being overweight I can switch it to, I want to show more respect to His creation by making it the best it can be.

Today was a really good day. Church was amazing, we talked about being the children of God in Relief Society, the Creation in Sunday School, and Love in Sacrament Meeting, it was fantastic. Then I came home and got the bread machine started and went over to Pancake night over at apartment 97, which I've never been in before and socialized with them until leaving for the Fireside at seven-ish. The Fireside was amazing, it was the Remembering Our Culture fireside with a really good multicultural choir and great talks! I felt the spirit so strongly, it was so nice.

Morgan