Best Friends

 “The man who so walks in the light and wisdom and power of God, will at the last, by the very force of association, make the light and wisdom and power of God his own."

                                                                                                           -D. Todd Christofferson

You become who your friends are. You pick up their catch-phrases, their crazy faces, and their bad habits. You like to do the same things as they do.

What if we made Christ our best friend? What if we spent more time with him, and spent time doing the things that he enjoyed doing? 

I've noticed that the more time I spend learning about the Savior and praying, the more I pick up on His good habits, his catch-phrases, and his attitude. 

Let the Savior be your best friend, and he will make you your best self.

In Remembrance

It's hard to focus during the sacrament.
It's hard to put worldly thoughts from our minds.
However, the sacrament can be a great time of reflection and repentance if we are focused.
It is so important to remember the Savior's sacrifice for us and why we're here. We need to think about what we need to improve upon and how we can use the Atonement better.

Clear your thoughts and make room for better things.

“This do in remembrance of me…” not in remembrance of how much fun we had this weekend. 

Life is Hard

1 Nephi 17:41 

..."He sent fiery flying serpents among them; and after they were bitten he prepared a way that they might be healed; and the labor which they had to perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished."

There are characters and stories in the Book of Mormon that frustrate me. 

I find myself thinking, "Seriously you guys?" when I read about characters faced with such an easy choice, who then sit around and do nothing. They had such an easy decision! All they had to do was turn their heads.

And then I think about myself.

I think about the little things during the day that I should've done, but didn't, and I think "Seriously?"  

Maybe things were hard for the children of Israel. Maybe they had it just as hard as we do. Maybe they had it just as easy as we do. If you honestly think about it, most of us never go through any truly hard choices. There is right, and there is wrong. Everything is laid out for us, so why don't we just turn around and look?

You know what is right, so do it. It's that simple.

Life is hard, living the gospel isn’t.