Pick Myself Up, Dust Off the Depression
I’ve been reading an “LDS Living” magazine article published
by/as a division of Deseret Book, which I receive as a platinum customer. It
has offered me a rare insight into one of the phrases listed on page 19 under
the title “What God Expects of You.”
SEEK KNOWLEDGE
Just this past month I’ve learned about the first law of
Camp Fire, “Worship God” and now I realize that the fourth law of Camp Fire, “Pursue
Knowledge” means more than I had always thought; more than being the first member of
my family to complete a college education.
My Husband’s life theme had been Doctrine and
Covenants 88:77-81. Here we are commanded to gain knowledge, then teach,
testify and warn our neighbors, “Of things both in heaven and in the earth, and
under the earth; things which have been, things which are, things which must
shortly come to pass; things which are at home, things which are abroad; the
wars and the perplexities of the nations, and the judgments which are on the
land; and a knowledge also of countries and of kingdoms.”
GIVE SERVICE
Seek all of this so as to
fulfill your life’s mission, we are told. This gathering of knowledge is to be used serving
God and our fellow man. This verse was quoted last night by my home teacher… a
reminder to pick myself up, dust off the depression (the dust of daily battle)
and see God’s hand in my life; to see myself as God sees me and get back to the
work serving Him by serving others: the third law of Camp Fire.
This is the whole list of What God Expects of Me
… and you
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