What would you do if you knew you had the power to put into
place in your life more happiness, more peace, more spirituality, more
abundance in our crops, and more peace and security in our nation? And that’s just for starters!! What would you do if you knew these things
were absolutely available to you with only one small commitment on your
part? I think most of us would say,
“Show me how!! I want those things in my
life! Tell me what to do and I’ll do
it!”
These blessings…and more…are ours. The Lord has promised them to us, and He
keeps His promises. So, what is the
magical thing we can do to have such amazing blessings come into our
lives? It is simply to keep the Sabbath
Day holy. That’s it! Recently our Prophet and the Quorum of the
Twelve Apostles have been alarmed that we as a people are not observing this
basic commandment. We are adopting the
ways of the world too much in this area.
They are pleading with us to renew our commitment to observing this
eternal commandment. They know how closely
linked the Lord’s protection and temporal blessings are to this principle.
Pres. Gordon B Hinckley has said: “[We have a] tendency to take on the ways of the world. We don’t adopt them immediately, but we
slowly take them on, unfortunately. I wish I had the power to convert this
whole Church to the observance of the Sabbath. I know our people would be more
richly blessed of the Lord if they would walk in faithfulness in the observance
of the Sabbath”
Please turn to your scriptures and study what
the Lord has had to say about the Sabbath Day.
You will be hearing a lot more about it in church in the next few
weeks. And then, do some soul searching
and make some new commitments to living this law better and more committed. I know you will feel the difference in your
life, and collectively it will bless us all.
With
much love for each of you,
Tracy
