One of my dear friends from Boston wrote a note about where she stands and her feelings on spirituality and organized religion, as a response to a conversation she had with some friends on the subway. here is my response before i lost my train of thought.
"I too have a great love for my Heavenly Father and I can't wait to get out there to the people of Honduras and tell them all about it! Some people are lost in a hallway full of doors, and they aren't sure which one to open, and I will be blessed with the privilege of showing them the door to Christ their redeemer and helping them receive Him in their lives.
As far as Organization goes, I'm not sure which way my opinion will be taken to anyone, but just as my opinion. God's house is a house of order. All men are invited to come unto Christ and to return to live with our Father in Heaven. But we cannot do this alone, without the organization, and the sacred ordinances, one cannot enter into the Celestial kingdom.
I'm not perfect, i'm far from it. And I don't know alot of things. but i'm learning, and i know that it is not up to me to reach some unreachable standard, but it is up to me to reach for it, to do my very best. "
Tomorrow I'm going to the Temple. There I will make more sacred promises to my Father in Heaven and other things too sacred to talk about outside the walls of the temple.
But i'm greatly looking forward to it. To continuing in the faith with this next step I need to take to prepare myself to one day dwell in the presence of the everlasting God of all things both in Heaven and in Earth. Very excited !
Hopefully grandma will be feeling up to making the trip. I'd really like to share this experience with as much of my family as I can.
less than two more weeks.
its so crazy!
Then (sorry i wasnt planning on posting a long blog, but i guess since i'm already staying up and have wrote this much ) on sunday will be Fast and testimony sunday, and in mission prep now that i'm an elder i can consecrate oil, (for we learned how to do it several weeks ago and i couldnt do it cuz i wasn't an elder yet). and then off to the family ward, and then momma is having a little goodbye to Nathan and dont forget to give him some money and make promises to send him letters party. :P
SO GLAD that I'm done working at Office Max :]
