One of the greatest principles I enjoyed learning was about
how we learn line upon line. Luke 2:52. Almost everything that has been
occurring in my life through the gospel has been strengthening my testimony.
Sometimes we want great miraculous events to occur when the true miracles and
testimony builders come in the smaller day to day activities. Something I am
really grateful for are all the preparations I was able to make in my life to
have the testimony I had today. Something great about the Gospel is that we are
literally always able to learn more. When we are in primary we were taught
through simple means such as prayer, and songs, and that faith was able to be
built throughout our lives. This principle was something that I had thought of
before but really stood out to me in this class, because it also applied to
this video clip of the church about revelation and how sometimes we don’t receive
answers right away but it can come as a sun rising slowly and gradually as we receive
answers. This was really key to me because during this semester I was
struggling to decide what I should switch my major to, and the more I thought
about it the more worried I was when I wasn't receiving an answer. I continued
to try to pray and receive the answer but it didn't seem like anything was
happening. Then my friend Kyrk explained to me that sometimes revelation doesn't
come as the light switch, or the rising sun, but it can come as you are in a fog
and you need to take a step forward into the darkness. As I was pondering on
this I decided on a major just because it was something I felt good about and
thought I would enjoy, I then told my dad my decision and he said that it was
absolutely fine and that I could do anything I wanted to do. This was a really
interesting experience for me because it made me realize that like unto my
earthy father sometimes our Heavenly Father really does just want us to be able
to choose.
Another
of my favorite principles to learn about in the class was that when we
sacrifice for the Lord he will always bless us above and beyond anything we
sacrificed. ( Matthew 19:29- everyone that has forsake houses or
brethren, or sisters...for my name sake shall receive an hundred fold.) One of
my favorite examples from the scriptures about this topic is Job. Because he
was greatly blessed of the Lord but later as the adversary was tempting him he
lost all his possessions, health and family. Instead of mourning and crying
against our Father in Heaven he continued faithful trusting in the Lord. He
then was blessed in an increasingly large amount because he chose to trust the
Lord in all things. He said that as the Lord giveth he can also take away. That
can be applied to us in our lives when we feel like we are sacrificing things
for the Lord or His gospel. As an example the Lord has given us everything we
have and are blessed with, and to demonstrate our love for Him he requires 10%
in return. We need to realize that first of all the 10% was already from the
Lord, and that when we trust Him He will bless us so much more then we could
possibly give in return. This includes when we leave home to serve missions,
the Lord will continuously bless us.
The last principle I thought was important to focus on was
that we should'nt Judge others. As it states in John 7:24- Judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgement. Something that is really important to know is that first
of all we are imperfect and therefore don’t have the right to make any
judgments. Only Heavenly father and Jesus Christ are perfect and therefore
they can make the righteous judgments. Sometimes someone may act a certain way
that may seem wrong to us, but there may be a reason behind what they are
doing. For an example, sometimes there are young kids who can act a little
violent, but instead of judging them we should show an added measure of
compassion and realize that maybe they are acting the way they are because of a
rough family life. I do think it is useful to teach our children to recognize
when people are doing certain things that aren’t in accordance with the
commandments and to decide to be careful and maybe not associate with dangerous
crowds. This can be an example of righteous judgement where you hate the sin
not the sinner. You can recognize that the person is making wrong choices but
still treat them with love.
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