Bearrie Bidness
I just want to spread the word on TextbookJudge.com. My friend Logan Rogers helped start this company and they just went live. Its a cool site and they could use some help. spam your learning suite messages with this thing. This guy is building a sweet website for Provo Peddler's for free so we really owe him one.
Devo
Other than that I just want to share a quick thought that I was thinking about today.
In the scripture we are asked to have integrity. For instance, "walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart" (1 Kings 9:4).
What is integrity? I'm not sure if I completely understand the answer to that question (maybe something to think about more). But I like a couple of things I learned about it today.
I was in the library doing my homework and I started thinking about my life. I thought to myself: If I got married right now and had a kid, would I feel good about the example that I am to them?
That was an awakening thought for me. There are some things in my life that I wouldn't want my wife to follow my example on. I thought that if I had a son that were to do his best to live his life just like mine that there would be some things that I would be embarrassed of. I would have to make some changes in my life if I wanted to be a powerful priesthood leader in the home. None of us are perfect, but I feel that I needed to do just a little bit better on some things. Little things like having a good daily scripture study, and praying earnestly, going to the temple regularly, serving others, and learning at church.
I feel like these are things that I have had mastered better at previous times in my life. I know that all those things are actions which reflect true principles and not only because I've learned about them but because I've tried them in my life and seen them work. So why do we stop?
Here's a generic example that I've seen in myself and others a couple of times in life. We want to become someone who is y (we'll say y is some desirable trait like charitable, honest, hardworking, spiritual, etc.). In order to become y we'll have to work at it by doing x (we'll say x is an action that helps us achieve our goals like doing acts of service, getting to church on-time, getting a job, or whatever it might be). However, instead of spending our time doing x, our actions are much more consumed with doing z (some other thing that is not reflective of, or helpful to achieving y). In this confusion we often forget about x and we never become y. But what's sad is that I'm not sure if we ever completely forget about y (at least in most cases). If that is true, then we spend our life wanting deep inside to be one thing and living our lives achieving something else.
That's a sad reality. I think that our actions should be reflective of our vision in life. I think one of the ideas of integrity is being true to what you know, and part of that includes the vision for who you want to become. I know that we do not develop this kind of integrity on our own. We need the Lord's help: for the power to change but also for the power to cleanse us and forgive us because we will likely mess up a little on the way. I know that the Lord loves us and wants to help us. I believe that He wants us to be successful and happy in our lives. I imagine that He is eager to help us accomplish our dreams and goals. We should trust Him and ask Him for help. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
I just want to spread the word on TextbookJudge.com. My friend Logan Rogers helped start this company and they just went live. Its a cool site and they could use some help. spam your learning suite messages with this thing. This guy is building a sweet website for Provo Peddler's for free so we really owe him one.
Devo
Other than that I just want to share a quick thought that I was thinking about today.
In the scripture we are asked to have integrity. For instance, "walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart" (1 Kings 9:4).
What is integrity? I'm not sure if I completely understand the answer to that question (maybe something to think about more). But I like a couple of things I learned about it today.
I was in the library doing my homework and I started thinking about my life. I thought to myself: If I got married right now and had a kid, would I feel good about the example that I am to them?
That was an awakening thought for me. There are some things in my life that I wouldn't want my wife to follow my example on. I thought that if I had a son that were to do his best to live his life just like mine that there would be some things that I would be embarrassed of. I would have to make some changes in my life if I wanted to be a powerful priesthood leader in the home. None of us are perfect, but I feel that I needed to do just a little bit better on some things. Little things like having a good daily scripture study, and praying earnestly, going to the temple regularly, serving others, and learning at church.
I feel like these are things that I have had mastered better at previous times in my life. I know that all those things are actions which reflect true principles and not only because I've learned about them but because I've tried them in my life and seen them work. So why do we stop?
Here's a generic example that I've seen in myself and others a couple of times in life. We want to become someone who is y (we'll say y is some desirable trait like charitable, honest, hardworking, spiritual, etc.). In order to become y we'll have to work at it by doing x (we'll say x is an action that helps us achieve our goals like doing acts of service, getting to church on-time, getting a job, or whatever it might be). However, instead of spending our time doing x, our actions are much more consumed with doing z (some other thing that is not reflective of, or helpful to achieving y). In this confusion we often forget about x and we never become y. But what's sad is that I'm not sure if we ever completely forget about y (at least in most cases). If that is true, then we spend our life wanting deep inside to be one thing and living our lives achieving something else.
That's a sad reality. I think that our actions should be reflective of our vision in life. I think one of the ideas of integrity is being true to what you know, and part of that includes the vision for who you want to become. I know that we do not develop this kind of integrity on our own. We need the Lord's help: for the power to change but also for the power to cleanse us and forgive us because we will likely mess up a little on the way. I know that the Lord loves us and wants to help us. I believe that He wants us to be successful and happy in our lives. I imagine that He is eager to help us accomplish our dreams and goals. We should trust Him and ask Him for help. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
It's easy as 1, 2, 3... X, Y, Z... Baby you and me! I liked that break down... Let's do the things that help us accomplish Y!
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