This is the 1000th post - I have at times wondered about the wisdom of keeping my journal online for all the world to see, but I don't think I would have kept it any other way. And regarding locking it down, I am willing to take that risk; I want to be honest with the world - I am not a perfect man, but I have hope that I am a good man who is striving to be much better and while I work that out it doesn't serve any purpose to fool myself or others about my shortcomings. We all fall short of the glory of God and are sinners and we need not beat ourselves or others up because of it. It was and is part of the great plan of God to be so and thankfully he has provided a way out through His Son.
Two of my parents (by virtue of marrying my wife) are serving a church mission right now in Independence MO, and send us a letter each week. This week's scripture is D&C 138: 11-18 and is a perfect example of the blessings of the scriptures. I found that I could not stop reading at verse 18 but continued through the end of the section. I think one of the greatest mercies of having the gospel in our lives is the eternal perspective it gives us which in turn is the source of such great hope – I don’t know how people live without it – the weight of the world would be too much for me, the contention, and the loneliness, and the pressures to care so much about temporal things would seem to crush the soul.
Next year I will be turning 40 - wow - that's hard to swallow, not because it's "so old" it's not; but because it's just odd to think that I have been here for 40 years, and likely could be for 40 more...
I had a bit of an epiphany this weekend, snowboarding in the mountains, reflecting on life, searching for understanding, spending time with loved ones (both friends and family). I heard it said before that as you get older you find that it isn't so much the acts of evil that move you to tears as it is the acts of kindness. I find that both do that to me more than in the past - maybe that means I am indeed growing up.
I wish I could give to everyone the little glimpse of the eternal which I have been given, because it comes with such hope and power and goodness that it truly could heal the world - and that which I have is a only a single grain of sand on the shore of the ocean, oh imagine what the future holds, just imagine...
"The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth."
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I find it interesting that I just ran across this post. I needed to read this today. Thanks:)
Love you Brother.
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