Nobody knows when our Savior will come again but I know He will come to this earth again. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints teaches that He will come again after many signs and destruction. It makes me feel both excited and nervous. I am nervous because I know that I need to be more spiritually ready for Him. I have a lot of weaknesses that I need to overcome. I am also very scared for the destruction that is supposed to happen before He comes. I hope that I can live my life in a way that I can be there for when He comes. It of course might not happen until after I die but I want to be prepared for it. I've never thought about it as much as I do now.
Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves. And if it so be that they shall keep his commandments they shall be blessed upon the face of this land, and there shall be none to molest them, nor to take away the land of their inheritance; and they shall dwell safely forever.
For if there be no faith among the children of men God can do no miracle among them; wherefore, he showed not himself until after their faith.
One thing that has been on my mind a lot is Zion. This is the promise that the Lord has given us through the hard times that will come. We can have our own heaven on earth. I noticed that in General Conference there was a lot of talk about unity and building up a Zion in our own homes and wards and stakes. I want to be worthy to be in Zion. I want to be able to feel the unity that a Zion needs. I know that it's in our families that it starts. I have definitely felt my own heaven on earth with my family. They have been the greatest blessing in my life.
Today I sat in Stake Conference and a member of the seventy spoke and quoted a scripture in Nephi about the promised land. I didn't get to write down the scripture that he said. I looked up promised land and the scripture that came closest to what his message was is in 2 Nephi 1: 9. It says:
That promise means a lot more to me these days than it did before. The talk was about how we should personalize this promise to ourselves. He said that "there is a promised land for each of you." We can be blessed with so much if we keep the commandments and walk the path that is laid before us. He said that there are the commandments that we all know and then there are the ones that are personalized to us. Like the promptings that are given to us through the Holy Ghost.
The stake president gave a great talk that spoke about how we need to be living our lives in a way where we can receive guidance from the Holy Ghost. We need to be worthy to receive the Savior when He comes. He gave a scripture that I really liked and hope to remember. It is Ether 12: 12:
I think the best way for us to exercise our faith is when we are going through trials. So when I am hoping to have more faith and asking for more faith, is that asking Heavenly Father to give me trials? I want to have more faith. I know that I could have a whole lot more faith in comparison to prophets in the scriptures. I don't like trials very much, but at the same time I am grateful for them so I can remember always. I don't want to forget why I'm on this earth and where I am trying to end up after my time on this earth is over. I am filled with so much urgency today. I want to make those changes in my life that I need to and I hope I will. I can't be more grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ. It is so comforting and amazing of how much love He has for us. Whenever I think of being in His presence it makes me so excited. I hope I can be worthy to be in His presence.
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