Week 50: Joel 2:12-13

One of my favorite scriptures in the Book of Mormon is Alma 37.  I chose to put Alma 37:36 on my mission plaque which says: "Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever."

I was reading in Alma 37 again and was hit hard reading the last two verses. "O my son, do not let us be slothful because of the easiness of the way; for so was it with our fathers; for so was it prepared for them, that if they would look they might live; even so it is with us. The way is prepared, and if we will look we may live forever.  And now, my son, see that ye take care of these sacred things, yea, see that ye look to God and live. Go unto this people and declare the word, and be sober. My son, farewell." (Alma 37:46-47)

I was thinking about my life and how sometimes I've chosen to not follow Christ or to be slothful because it was "too easy".  The Gospel of Jesus Christ is simple.  We know exactly what we must do to be blessed with eternal life.  It all comes down to one thing; look to God and live.

Elder Poulsen