I haven't written for a while, and felt like it was time to keep a written record again.
We have been called as service missionaries over the ARP or Addiction Recovery Program. What a powerful program this is. Real People with Real problems that need help and need healing. My job is not as a counselor, but as a "spiritual leader" that helps them to feel the spirit and point them to Christ. The only way I can do that is if I am constantly seeking his spirit with me, and STRIVING daily to listen to his voice and come unto him myself.
But I know the process of coming unto him is two fold. The first part is the acknowledging that he is there and that he is our Savior and our friend. This is simply faith. Knowing or rather believing that he loves me, that he died for me, and that he is the light and the way. As Alma described, the song of redeeming love should fill our hearts and give us hope and light for our minds and souls, so we can see where and what we need to so for the second half of the process of coming unto him.
The second half of that process requires ACTION on our parts. It is not enough just to know, it is not enough just to believe. We must take the knowledge and faith that we have and put it into action in our lives. Like Moses with the serpent on the staff. He told them, and the first part was they had to believe what he said, but it wasn't enough just to believe his words, they then had to do the physical action of looking up, or getting themselves to where they could see him. We must ACT upon the words of Christ. We must take the words of the prophets, the scriptures, the spirit, and allow them to move us to action. The spirit can help us know how and what action we should take to act upon the knowledge that we have in order to be healed and live spiritually. That action can be a simple change in behavior, a physical task, or a quiet change in heart. The action is a move to change our position, spiritually, or physically, to come closer to Christ.
I feel like I am not where I need to be right now, and I personally need to move so I can see him better. Both in physical behaviors and spiritual behaviors. I hope as I focus on not only reading and believing, but acting too, I can move closer to him.
My ACT for today is to decide upon a scripture study schedule for the rest of the year that will give me knowledge that can then motivate me to action.
Monday- Weekly Topic/ARP Book read through
Tuesday- Ensign or Conference Talk
Wednesday- ARP Book and Thought
Thursday-New Testament/Miracles of Jesus
Friday- Book of Mormon
Saturday-Daughters of God
Sunday- Weekly Act/Return and Report/Journal
Monday, April 30, 2012
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