Mosiah 7-12

7:33

33 But if you will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if you do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.

Wouldn't it be great to be able to devote your whole life to the Lord? It can be hard in day to day life I think. As college students it is hard not to focus solely on you and your own success. I find it easier to become sad or depressed at times and the common thread I have found at there times is a focus on myself. It is hard not to fall into that mindset when you are worrying about things like grades and the future.

I am so blessed to have to opportunity to serve a mission this coming February. I am so excited to be able to devote this time to nothing but serving the Lord's children and hopefully touching the lives of many with the restored truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. If only people knew. If they really know what the church was about, could look past the little corks or ideas they have about this church and learn a little about what it really had to offer, man would they be blessed.

It is hard for me to think about a life without the gospel. It amazes me to think about how many people seem to be happy in this world without it. I think life could be almost unbearable at times without knowing there is someone who is always by your side, someone who will always love you, that this life will only be but a moment, and ultimately that we will be able to live with our families for all eternity. It is hard to have people treat it so lightly. It is hard to see how much happier they could be with these simple truths you are offering to them in the palm of your hand. We all need to be a little bit bolder. We all need to bear our testimonies a little more freely. If we forgot about what these people around us thought, and cared instead about what Heavenly Father taught, how much more change would we, or could we make in the world.

It is easy to say now. This is just a blog Book of Mormon project I doubt more then two people will read, but what if. What if I could apply this theory of life to myself. I want to be bolder and at times shout out to the world of my knowledge of the gospel. Why then, can it be so hard at times?