We can feel enduring joy when our Savior and His gospel become the framework around which we build our lives.
Consider your ways.
“Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
“Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.” (Haggai 1:4-7)
What we need here is less Wi-Fi and more Nephi
People are fair dinkum when they are what they say they are.
I learned that when I played my hardest, when I gave my all, my enjoyment of the game was greatest.
Joy is not fleeting pleasure or even temporary happiness. Joy is enduring and is founded on our efforts being accepted by the Lord.
It’s not our successes but rather our sacrifice and efforts that matter to the Lord.
So what should our attitude be if we are true disciples of Christ? And what is the gospel worth to us when we do “consider [our] ways,
God is not known for showering praise on the lukewarm.
There is no treasure, nor any hobby, nor any status, nor any social media, nor any video games, nor any sport, nor any association with a celebrity, nor anything on earth that is more precious than eternal life.
I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell. (2 Nephi 33:6)
Please, please don’t put your total commitment off until you get around to it at some nonexistent, future time. Get fair dinkum now and feel the joy!
-Sherri Jorgensen
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