the first commandment is "thou shalt have no other gods before Me." being the first of the ten commandments accentuates its importance.
though we often mentally categorize ourselves as different than the people of the Old and New Testaments, president kimball taught that "false gods or 
idols include 'everything which entices a person away from duty, loyalty, and love for and service to God.'" we, today, have idols that we place in importance before God: work, money, a nice home, cars, vacations, people, sports, titles/degrees, time.
most interesting to me in this list is time. i believe that where we spend our time truly indicates where we have placed our hearts and our desires. where do i spend my time? what do i do first in the day? when i get into my car each morning, how long do i listen to the radio before i push the "play" button on my Book of Mormon on cd? do i spend more time deciding what clothes to wear than in humble prayer?
"if we insist on spending all our time and resources building up for ourselves a worldly kingdom, that is exactly what we will inherit," taught president kimball. but is that what we really want when the game is over?
president kimball noted that "few men have ever knowingly and deliberately chosen to reject God and his blessings. rather, we learn from the scriptures that because the exercise of faith has always appeared to be more difficult than relying on things more immediately at hand, carnal man has tended to transfer his trust in God to material things." believing in God and His plan for his children is far different than trusting Him. i believe that God has a very individual plan *for me*, but do i trust Him and readily act on that faith?
i want to marry someone who is committed to the Lord, who desires more than anything to please Him. and when i say "more than anything", i mean it quite literally. now, how do *i* show that i desire more than anything to please God and accomplish His plan for me? (i've obviously got marriage on my mind these days. that's okay: i'm a girl -- it happens.)
i am full of questions -- i don't have many answers. today's relief society lesson has inspired much thought. what i know is that i want to be ever closer to my Heavenly Father and ever more like my Saviour. a friend of my father's once noted that the answer to every question is "more faith in Jesus Christ and an eye more single to His glory."
2 comments:
you are a really amazing person - funny, thoughtful, intelligent, deep, spiritual, passionate, interesting, and kind. you deserve someone as incredible as you are, or even more so. perhaps you should add to your list: "a guy that will drive to the ends of the earth for me and not complain or remind me how many miles it was for him. a guy that would rather he made the long drive than require me to do so!" :-)
that was very kind! thank you very much for the compliments. it's a very nice surprise to find this morning ... :)
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