12-2-11 “He did deliver me from bondage” p.139, Day 2

12-2-11       “He did deliver me from bondage”  p.139, Day 2

As I read the scripture for today it hit me with such power I had to go back and read the whole chapter.  Then this one was even better :

3 For the Lord shall ^acomfort ^bZion, he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her ^cwilderness like ^dEden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.

If I ever become friends with a Jew, I shall give him the Book of Mormon and say, “I have something that belongs to you.  This was written for you, to help you remember  who you are.  Here read this:
2N 8:9-10, 17, 21-22

Wow, this chapter is so cool!  I am just sitting here crying and crying as the Spirit plays the symphony in my mind.  I know that the Book of Mormon was written to convince the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.  I pray for the time they will awake and remember who they are.  I am sure glad that I was able to borrow the Book of Mormon for a while, but I know it belongs to them.

So- her question: “Write about not fearing the reproach of others more than we desire to do God’s will ever more continually in all things.”  This is certainly something that grows according to the Law of More- both mental desire and determination as well as in act to follow through with tenacity.  I think I am somewhere on the bridge between one to the other.  I am at a place where I am learning how to apply the truth that I’ve been given and learn the tools I need to be the kind of person God wants me to be to be able to DO His will.  I am excited to be taking a class from Ty Bennett on communicating through stories.  I feel much hope that it will be a tool to help me bridge this gap.  God has written ‘His law on my heart’.  I know it by heart.  The problem is that I am having trouble learning how to communicate it and get “this book” out of me.  Hum.  I just had a thought.  Maybe its because I have yet failed to apply what I know in my own life, therefore I cannot teach what I do not live.  I had a thought this morning while I was starting the laundry that I need to write a story in theory, then go through a series of experiments testing the cause of what I am doing with the effect of the results I see.  Through this series of adjustments I think I just might be able to create the vision I want.  If I put into the context of ‘an experiment’ I won’t be so anxious about the results, I will just be observing.  It will be more of ‘let’s see what happens if I do this’ kind of idea.  Sometime I get so worked up about things not happening now, or fearing I will not achieve the results I desire in the long run.  I think this is a lack of faith.  If I keep experimenting on the method with the Grace of God, then eventually I WILL attain it if He wants me to, right?  It could even be powerful for others to try their own experiment at the same time to test results in their lives.  It could be a great tool of learning to apply the gospel in our lives…  good food for thought!