Wrapping Up

I have learned so much from writing this blog. It has been crazy for me to see how much more I got out of the scriptures I chose to write about. They impacted me much more deeply and it was nice to get the thoughts I was thinking in my head out. I feel like I learned a lot about myself and my own testimony.

Sometimes I think it can be easy to doubt. It can be easy to think my testimony has slipped and that I don't really have much of one anymore. Writing these entries and reading over them has helped me to see that I really do believe. I am strengthening my testimony each day in small ways, but over the years it has been built up quite a bit which I am extremely thankful for.

I have learned the importance of missionary work. I have had moments through this project where I just wanted to go out and tell everybody I saw of the wonderful truth which we as church members hold. I have also learned how we should act toward the commandments and council we have received. We need to be obedient to the Lord. And why wouldn't me? It seems kind of silly to me to brush off commandments from a God who created a new world as well as all the inhabitants in it. Perspective is hard to keep sometimes in day to day life, but everyone once in a while I think it is so valuable to take a step back and look at the bigger picture we have the privilege of knowing.

Another thing I have learned is that the scriptures really do testify constantly of Christ and the sacrifice he has made for us. When I read, I can get pretty caught up in the story line. Picking out scriptures to write about has helped me to apply the teachings to myself as well as realize how much testimony of Christ is really born throughout the Book of Mormon.

Ultimately, I am coming away from this project for a deeper love for the Book of Mormon as well as my brother and Savior, Jesus Christ. I would be nothing without his atoning sacrifice. It would be so hard for me to get close to almost anyone in this life knowing that one day I would have to part with them through death. But, thanks to the Savior, we have eternal life. I will be with my loved ones for all eternity and I could hold nothing more dear to my heart.