Monday, August 15, 2011

Support Systems

This isn't really a gospel topic, but it can be related to the gospel.
I've noticed throughout my life that I rely on different people for different things. I rely in my best friend differently than I rely on my parents. I turn to my siblings for different problems than I turn to my adult leaders for. I often wondered, when I was young, why there couldn't be one person I can rely on for absolutely everything. I used my journal as that one person for awhile, which was a good start.
Of course I now know that Heavenly Father is that person I can rely on for absolutely everything.
But of course my observations are still correct. Different problems in my life require different relationships to help solve them. If I don't know what to do about an issue with my friend, I'm not going to talk to that friend about what I should do obviously, so I'd talk to a parent, sibling, or another friend for advice.
Today I realized yet again another perfection in God's plan for us. We as human beings require a web of support systems from others because one person isn't strong enough to support us on our own. I imagined what it would be like to be the only person in the whole world someone could rely on, and I immediately felt exhausted by the idea. I don't think anyone is capable of doing that. This is why I beleive God made us so that we need a web of people who rely on and support each other. We're each part of this web, helping each other directly and indirectly to stay afloat. If one person falters, it effects the whole web.
Because Christ is perfect, He is someone we can always rely on, for anything. And although I'm not married, I can guess that a husband and wife support each other an awful lot. But even married couples have to rely on other people sometimes, and they always have to rely on the Lord.
This may not be a Spiritual boost or helpful discovery like my past posts have been for me, but I thought it was interesting, and it still strengthens my testimony that God's ways are perfect ways.
In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

On the Book of Mormon Musical

I will start off with a simple DISCLAIMER: "The Book of Mormon Musical" was not written or authorized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormon Church) and therefore cannot be referenced as Church material.



"The production may attempt to entertain audiences for an evening, but The Book of Mormon as a volume of scripture will change people's lives forever by bringing them closer to Christ."



—Official Church Statement on the Book of Mormon Musical





I don't know what information presented in the "Book of Mormon Musical" was correct and what wasn't, because I have not seen the production myself and actually have no intention on seeing it, however I know that my testimony of the truth of the book itself remains the same. Many may wonder, was the musical accurate and truthful? My advice to you would be: read and find out.





Here's a helpful link that can answer some of your questions about the Book of Mormon:



http://mormon.org/book-of-mormon



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