I dunno how many of you accepted the Hinckley Challenge to read the BOM in 97 days, but I did...and I have been doing TERRIBLE! :( I feel so bad because it is supposed to be a final tribute to our prophet, and I can't even follow through. Well, last night I FINALLY buckled down and decided that I needed to get with the program, for more than one reason. I really need to be better at growing spiritually because you know they say, if you aren't moving towards Christ, you are moving away from Him....you can't just be stationary. SO...I choose to move closer to Him! :) Anyways, I totally enjoy reading that magnificent book, and I love that I get the strongest impressions from the simplest verses...! My favorite thing is that Dev and I do a sort of scripture chase thing. She'll randomly text me scriptures and I will look them up and then we briefly discuss them...i love it because she points out some of the strongest pieces of advice that currently apply to either her or I, or both! She is amazing...! And I am SO SO glad to see how far she has come. It just makes me so overjoyed. Anyways, wish me luck in my studies! :) And let me know if you have any favorite verses I might enjoy looking into for inspiration...not that ALL the verses aren't good...but you know how it goes...different things hit you differently depending on your current situation and trial..! :) Love you all!
PS- my current favorite scripture is 1 Nephi 3:6...it is one of those simple ones that hit me EXTREMELY hard....i have never thought twice about that particular verse until this most recent attempt at the Book of Mormon, and I guess that it was my chastisement (guilt trip, mostly) from the Lord. It hit me really hard, and I had to step back and take a good long look at my true feelings and attitude towards my big decision in that particular point of my life...and it totally gave me an attitude adjustment and opened my eyes to how selfish I was being. I just noticed last week how ironic it is that that life changing verse ties to my ALL time favorite scrpiture...1 Nephi 3:7...what an AMAZING combination of scriptures...!
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HEY! so im totally new to this whole thing... but how do you like mak peoples blogs?? you know like you did with geri's ?? yeah im really not getting this.. and can you like search for people?? a little help would be great because i cant figure it out!!!
i miss ya TONS!!!!!!!!
You are such a wonderful example girl! You have got me recommitting to the challenge even though I am so far behind. Thanks for the inspiration!
I love you shelby. You are amazing. I haven't een started the challenge and I desperately need to. Thank you for the motivation!
don't worry about being behind...who isn't? (doug and i are behind too, but chugging along slowing) just keep it up!
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