Starting Right
Well, it has been a couple weeks since I made an entry. I need to get back in to the swing of things as we all go back to the regular routine. I don't know that it is the same old routine, but it is a routine. I have been way out of it. I feel it too.
So, let's get started. Over the holidays my mind has been full. It has been really boring with nothing to do. I feel that I have lost my direction, focus, or purpose. I have been longing to find it again. I have spent a great deal of time on my knees as well. I know, you all thought I was just hanging out in my bedroom sleeping, wrong.
The question is how do I do it? As I have been sitting in retrospect of my life, I am wondering if I am truly keeping my life in accordance with the Lord's will. I seriously started thinking about this after driving with the boys the past few weeks. Let me remind those of you who were there and let those of you who were not know what I am talking about.
We were on our way one, the boys has just been paid for doing a job. They were all excited about the prospects of spending the money. It was almost as if it were burning holes in the pockets as we drove home. I reminded them about tithing. They all seemed to be OK with that. Then Tall Man reminded them that they needed to put half of it into savings. That is where the conversation started. Little Man was not happy with that tradition and rule.
I brought up the law of consecration. I told them that maybe we should just live that law as a family. They could pool it all with the money that Mom and Dad made and then they would decide how to spend it and who got to spend it. None of them were happy with that idea. I then asked them if they would be willing to live that law if the Prophet asked them too. I heard an immediate NO from almost everyone in the car. I think one comment was something like " I would become an atheist". This worries me.
I started worrying that I have not been the example or teacher I need to be. I started feeling that my life and teachings were maybe out of sync with the Lord's. I want to take the opportunity to tell you now that is not the way I would answer. I would answer in the affirmative. I would even move to a different house if the Prophet felt that we had too much for our needs. Sometimes, I wonder if we don't. Should be we be sharing more with those around us. We have been abundantly blessed. What are we doing with it?
I also want you do to know that I have made several covenants with the Lord. I hold them true and dear to my heart. I would not hesitate to do anything he asks of me. Realizing that it may be the hardest thing I ever did, I would still do my best. That said, I worry that right now, I am not doing my best. I need to make changes. I am doing what I can do make those changes. I need your help.
How can you help? You can find within yourselves the importance of making the changes as well. Remember how we talked about sin. It is not all bad, sometimes it is just not doing as well. We need to live our lives in accordance with the will of God. To do that, we each need to have our own personal testimony of who He is and want to live accordingly. I challenge each of you to find that testimony. Don't just say it. I want you to really examine it, think about it, pray about it and start living it. I have to remind myself to do the same all the time. It is not a one time deal. It is a life long process. I love you all. Remember that. Dad
So, let's get started. Over the holidays my mind has been full. It has been really boring with nothing to do. I feel that I have lost my direction, focus, or purpose. I have been longing to find it again. I have spent a great deal of time on my knees as well. I know, you all thought I was just hanging out in my bedroom sleeping, wrong.
The question is how do I do it? As I have been sitting in retrospect of my life, I am wondering if I am truly keeping my life in accordance with the Lord's will. I seriously started thinking about this after driving with the boys the past few weeks. Let me remind those of you who were there and let those of you who were not know what I am talking about.
We were on our way one, the boys has just been paid for doing a job. They were all excited about the prospects of spending the money. It was almost as if it were burning holes in the pockets as we drove home. I reminded them about tithing. They all seemed to be OK with that. Then Tall Man reminded them that they needed to put half of it into savings. That is where the conversation started. Little Man was not happy with that tradition and rule.
I brought up the law of consecration. I told them that maybe we should just live that law as a family. They could pool it all with the money that Mom and Dad made and then they would decide how to spend it and who got to spend it. None of them were happy with that idea. I then asked them if they would be willing to live that law if the Prophet asked them too. I heard an immediate NO from almost everyone in the car. I think one comment was something like " I would become an atheist". This worries me.
I started worrying that I have not been the example or teacher I need to be. I started feeling that my life and teachings were maybe out of sync with the Lord's. I want to take the opportunity to tell you now that is not the way I would answer. I would answer in the affirmative. I would even move to a different house if the Prophet felt that we had too much for our needs. Sometimes, I wonder if we don't. Should be we be sharing more with those around us. We have been abundantly blessed. What are we doing with it?
I also want you do to know that I have made several covenants with the Lord. I hold them true and dear to my heart. I would not hesitate to do anything he asks of me. Realizing that it may be the hardest thing I ever did, I would still do my best. That said, I worry that right now, I am not doing my best. I need to make changes. I am doing what I can do make those changes. I need your help.
How can you help? You can find within yourselves the importance of making the changes as well. Remember how we talked about sin. It is not all bad, sometimes it is just not doing as well. We need to live our lives in accordance with the will of God. To do that, we each need to have our own personal testimony of who He is and want to live accordingly. I challenge each of you to find that testimony. Don't just say it. I want you to really examine it, think about it, pray about it and start living it. I have to remind myself to do the same all the time. It is not a one time deal. It is a life long process. I love you all. Remember that. Dad
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