Sunday, July 27, 2008
Some Sacrifice Required
I have felt the need to improve the consistency of my scripture reading for some time now. Lately, it seems that every night as I crawl into bed I realize that I forgot to read my scriptures. I kneel down and ask for forgiveness and for the desire to do a better job tomorrow. I pull out my scriptures and read 2 or 3 verses as I fall asleep. That is not the place I want to be spiritually, but that is where I am. Today at church the speaker said, "it is a sacrifice to read your scriptures daily." I have been thinking a lot about that and realized that I can't do EVERYTHING every single day. Something has to give. I now understand that in order for me to read my scriptures daily I need to give up time on the internet, watching TV or reading other books. It isn't so much a matter of asking Heavenly Father for more desire to read, but it is going to require that I look at my day and figure out, WHEN is it going to happen. Then it needs to happen at that time. It needs to become more of a priority in my life. I can recall periods in my life when I made scripture reading a priority and I had the spirit with me more consistently and I really was happier too. Now that I have made it public, this is what I need to do.
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