Truth or Not

So as a missionary i ask a lot of people to ask God about the truth of the message we share with them.  Moroni in the Book of Mormon says
Moroni 10:3-5
3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how ^amerciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ^bponder it in your ^chearts.

 4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ^aask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not ^btrue; and if ye shall ask with a ^csincere heart, with ^dreal intent, having ^efaith in Christ, he will ^fmanifest the ^gtruth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

 5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may ^aknow the ^btruth of all things.

And in the Bible James directs us

James 1:5-6

5^aIf any of you lack ^bwisdom, let him ask of God, that ^cgiveth to all men liberally, and ^dupbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

 6But let him ^aask in ^bfaith, nothing ^cwavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

How can we know if something is of God or not that's easy,

1. Does it conicide with what God has taught in the past.

2. Does it lead one to doing good.

3. Ask God (He knows all the anwsers)

There are many other ways to know but it wall comes to asking God The Eternal Father.  And as Moroni and James tell us we will get our anwser. 

No matter the question no matter the situation If we ask God and go with the intent of following what he tells us then he will give us our anwser.

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

Remembering

It's interesting the things that we can often think of when we hear something.  The memory bells that are triggered.   The other day I heard a song being played in a car and it reminded me of a time at a dance. I had completely forgotten about that night.  Then there are things that are said to us that seem to ring a bell and it takes forever to remember what it was. It's crazy the things that the mind remembers.

Hebrews 10: 32  But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great ^afight of afflictions;

Every experience that we have and go through we'll remember what it was and how wee handled it. Lets remember the "great flight of afflictions" and learn something from it and remember the mistakes we made and not do it again.

In one of my favorite shows The Highlander the main Character Duncan Macleod says "Those who forget the past are condemned to re-live it".

So lets remember what we've done and not make the same mistakes so that if we or someone we know goes through that trial, we can try something different and come out with another result.

Families

3 Nephi 18: 21^aPray in your families unto the Father, always in my name, that your wives and your children may be blessed.

With it being Mothers day two days ago and thinking  about my own family i thought that i might write a little something about families.  In my brother's blog he mentioned a little about how much our families are important in the church. 

Mosiah 2: 5-6
 5And it came to pass that when they came up to the temple, they pitched their tents round about, every man according to his ^afamily, consisting of his wife, and his sons, and his daughters, and their sons, and their daughters, from the eldest down to the youngest, every family being separate one from another.

 6And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his ^atent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them;

I love my family a ton. All the things that we've gone through have been tough, but its been worth it.  It's made us come closer together and able to work better together.  Granted I've been away for almost two years and haven't been able to physically see the changes happen but I've been able to hear in emails and the occasions that I call home the difference in the atmosphere at home.

I don't know where I'd be if it weren't for my dad, mom and the brothers and sisters that I got.  The support that I've recieved from them and the strength is overwhelming sometimes. It's comforting to me that I'll be with them for all eternity, an d be able to see them again after our time here is over.  I know that I'll be sealed to my future family for all eternity and that they can be with me someday.  I look forward to the time when I can look and my Dad and say "Well now I know what you felt like". I think he'll laugh the day I do that.  It's going to be awesome to see my sister get married and to see the rest of the family and the changes that have happened and I'm excited to be able to make more memories with them.

"I'M GOING THERE SOMEDAY"

GPS, MAP, DIRECTIONS

In today's world we have many different ways to get ourselves around.  The Map, a tool that's been used for a very long time.  Showing us the different roads and multiple ways we can get to our destination.  Plain old directions that are written down, turn by turn.  Then the handy GPS modern tech, not only does it give you a way to get to your destination it gives you different options to get there, and gives you turn by turn guidance.  It even recalculates when you miss a turn so that you can still get to where you need to go. 

Where is it that we all want to go eventually, Home.  Back to live with our Heavenly Father.  How do we get there. The destination is set we have our map, we have our turn by turn directions, and we have our GPS.  The Scriptures, words of prophets past that give us light and direction, The Holy Ghost, the personage that will tell us what way we need to turn, The Prophet who is the mouthpiece of God to give us direction, and our own Personal Revelation that we can get from God.  We have all the ingredients to get back Home. It's up to us  how we'll follow these guides.

Life

Well today was transfer day and that means that i have a new missionary companion.  He's a cool kid.

Anyway today was a good day, i got to see a member from one of my old area's. I got to see old comps and say hello and talk a little bit about old memories.  its funny all the memories that come around when your with friends and your talking about the time you we're around each other.  I've had lots of good times being on my mission. I've met lots of good people while I've been in the south.  it's funny how you can have love for people that you hardly know very well, but yet you care about them and want them to be happy. 

Ether 12:34 And now I know that this love which thou hast had for the children of men is charity; wherefore, except men shall have charity they cannot inherit that place which thou hast prepared in the mansions of thy Father.

John 15:13 Greater ^alove hath no man than this, that a man lay down his ^blife for his ^cfriends.

Christ the most perfect example that we have. When we love others enough that we want whats best for them and actually do something about it then that's when we show Charity the pure love of Christ.

Moroni 7: 47But ^acharity is the pure ^blove of Christ, and it endureth ^cforever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.

May we always remember how we're acting and how the Lord would like us to be toward our fellow men. we might not be perfect at it right away but we will achieve as we work at it.