Bookshelf

I hadn't posted here in awhile and I thought I might write down some thoughts from today. My relief society shared with us an analogy that got me thinking. I wanted to expand a little more on it. She said a testimony is like a bookshelf. It encompasses a lot of different topics. Some books are thick being full with many pages and others are as small as a tiny pamphlet.

Unlike normal books the thickness of each book can be changed at anytime. If we leave them on the shelf to collect dust the pages will thin, and could eventually go entirely. If we frequently study them they will grow thicker. We must frequently turn the pages of each topic in order to grow our entire bookshelf. We cannot just rely soley on our thickest books and get by. We must grow all of them! And it will surely take a life-time.

How can we grow them? By faith first. That can mean looking to another's testiomony for help. Or really praying for frequent guidance with a little studying on your own time. Then lastly comes action. Action even if you don't fully understand or enjoy that topic.

The older I have become the more I realize that things get harder! Just because you have more experience doesn't mean that you are always stronger. Anytime you need help the Savior is there. It's not always easy but He will always be there to guide you. I know you will get His help! All you have to do is have the faith and the courage to ask and then act!

-Happy Sunday
Chelsey

Faith & Play-Dough

Yesterday I listened to a great Relief Society lesson that made me think. She referred to our faith like play-dough. She even brought some to see. How on earth can play-dough relate to faith? I had to really think where she was going with it at first. But I have some thoughts I want to share on the matter.

Faith is like play-dough because the more you use it the more moveable it becomes. You can build beautiful things out of it. Rather then letting it sit for days at a time. At that point it becomes hard and unusable. If we don't use our faith often and correctly it will dry out until doubt fills our souls. Eventually we become so hard we don't even know what we believe.

I noticed something else that really made me think. She put the play-dough back inside a container and sealed it tight. It can also refer to our faith. We must protect it. We can't leave it in the open to let just anything contaminate it.

This world is scary and unsure. I know faith in the gospel is where the peace comes from. Without the gospel of Jesus Christ I would be scared, and searching for my comfort. We must press forward having faith and trust in things we do and don't know. It will all work out. All we have to do is continue on.

-Chelsey