Institute - How I love Thee

I can't even begin to describe how much I love institute. I mean really, it's just not long enough each week. My class is tiny, only 6 kids this last time and I knew every single one of them except one. But it is SO spiritual. I gain SO many insights, promptings, teachings, knowledge, everything, from just an hour and a half. And I wish it was longer than that. Really, the time flies.

We were studying the first five chapters of D&C today - focusing on missionary work but more importantly, missionary work in the family - including ancestors. We talked about the hearts of the children turning to their fathers - The keys Elijah reveals to us, basically chapter 2 and chapter 4.

If it weren't so late and I weren't so exhausted, I would be explaining a lot more in detail about the class. Maybe i'll add more tomorrow - but I just had to write this down while I still remembered this feeling fresh in my mind. Really, surrounding yourself in the Gospel of Christ brings the most joy you will ever feel.

Go to institute. You. Will. Love. It.

My Daily Feast

As I'm sure to many of you out there as well, I at times have a difficult time reading the scriptures. Not that it's difficult to DO it, but that it's difficult sometimes to understand and comprehend what is going on. There are days that I read my scriptures, but feel as though I haven't gained as much as I would have liked because I didn't fully understand everything. So I added a new thing to my daily study to help keep me uplifted throughout the day - listening to conference talks. At least one a day, often more (such as the three I listened to today)

They are straightforward, from modern day prophets and apostles, easy to understand. It's still God's doctrines, principles, etc. just in plainer words for our generation that's not quite as educated. :) Here were two from today that I loved.

http://new.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/continue-in-patience?lang=eng#

http://new.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/the-rock-of-our-redeemer?lang=eng

Great Talk, Great Quote

http://lds.org/library/display/0,4945,538-1-3310-1,00.html

LOVE this talk from President Monson. This quote stood out to me the most, I love it dearly. From Camelot, King Arthur declares:

"We must not let our passions destroy our dreams"

The Infinite Atonement

As I have been reading this book, The Infinite Atonement, it was discussing how our world is the most wicked and not any other world. It got me thinking, how righteous and faithful those other worlds must be. Do their scriptures talk of our world as such a wicked, horrible world? Christ came to OUR world - and yet we still have so much unbelief. Those other worlds, those other people, have such faith to believe that Christ came and suffered for our sins - the people in our world witnessed it and yet still don't believe. But those numerous other creations out there do believe.

It also made me think how much trust the Lord has in me. Some people can say we are the most wicked and were in Heaven which was why we were sent here. But I know I was sent to the most wicked world because my God has faith and trust in ME. I fought valiantly in the war in Heaven. I know this because I am here on THIS world - none other - and at this significant time, nonetheless. I have been given the greatest responsibility in Heaven. I need to shape up and start acting more like a daughter of God - I need to bring more of the Lord's other valiant servants who have lost their way back into the Gospel!