Contrite or Fight: a poem.

I am not contrite, I fight
The Plan the Lord has for me.
Kindness, Mercy, Justice I seek,
but it all by-passes me.

My fruit is weak, my crown is small
but bigger it would be if I could just
humble myself happily to Thee.

I fight his will, I want my way,
It's righteous desires I seek.
But I must wait and wait and wait
and be like Abraham meek.

I have not seen the Lord as he,
I do not talk face to face,
But I too know the plan is real
and eternal life comforts me

Priesthood hands have blessed my life,
I have believed them true,
But nothing matches up you see,
A mother I will probably not be.

But can I turn away the God
who lends my breathe to me?
who died for me that I might
with my forever family be.

He forgives my sins, he comforts me
with the gospel truth restored
Through scriptures that I can read
and choose to trust or run away.

Is my plan a plan of hope,
or just sick ironies?
Although I do not fit the mold,
I know He still loves me.

- By Becky L. Rose
Sept 7th 2014.

What the Scriptures tell us about WHY we need the BOM

Why we need The Book of Mormon:

Ezekiel 37: 15-17

15 The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one ^astick, and ^bwriteupon it, For ^cJudah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and ^dwrite upon it, For ^eJoseph, the ^fstickof Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

 17 And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become ^aone in thine hand.

Article of Faith 1:8 We believe the ^aBible to be the ^bword of God as far as it is translated ^ccorrectly; we also believe the ^dBook of Mormon to be the word of God.

Title Page

• Show the house of Israel what the Lord has done.
• Know the covenants
• Convincing that Jesus is Christ to all nations

Introduction

-Most correct book- get nearer to God

-Keystone of our religion

1. Doctrines of the gospel

2. Outlines the plan of salvation

3. Tells men what they must do to gain peace

1 Nephi 13:40

1.       Establishes the truth of the Bible.

2.       Make known plain and precious truth.

3.       All kindred, tongues and people that the Lamb is the Son of the Father and Savior of the world.

4.       All men must come unto him or they cannot be saved.

2 Nephi 3:12

-          Confound false doctrine

-          Lay down of contention

-          Establish peace

-          Bring them to a knowledge of fathers

-          Bring them to a knowledge of the covenants of the Lord.

2 Nephi 25: 23, 26 and 33:10-11

-persuade our children to believe in Christ

-If you believe in Christ you will believe these words

-They are his words,

-they teach men to do good.

2 Nephi 29:7-11

• I can speak to more than one nation
• I can have two nations write
• I do this to prove you
• Bible is not all of my words.

D&C 20:8-16

-God gave Joseph Smith power to translate

-Contains fullness of gospel

-Angels confirmed it.

-Proves the scriptures are true.

-God inspires men

-God is the same yesterday today and forever

-those who receive it will have a crown of eternal life. 

Ye are of the House of Israel!

 

For the most part these phrases do nothing for me.  Everyone is unique and special and everyone is a child of God, even those who don't believe in a God.   This is what Christ told the Nephities:
3 Nephi 20: 25 And behold, ye are the ^achildren of the prophets; and ye are of the house of Israel; and ye are of the ^bcovenant which the Father made with your fathers, saying unto Abraham: And ^cin thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

But being of the House of Israel, if you understand the significance of that can make a difference in how you feel about yourself.  It did for me this week.

"Israel is a group of souls tested, tried, and proven before they were born into the world. . . . Through this lineage were to come the true and tried souls that had demonstrated their righteousness in the spirit world before they came here. 

Malvin J. Ballard 

"Those born to the lineage of Jacob, who was later to be called Israel, and his posterity, who were known as the children of Israel, were born into the most illustrious lineage of any of those who came upon the earth as mortal beings. All these rewards were seemingly promised, or foreordained before the world was.  Harold B. Lee

 

If there is anything calculated to interest the minds of the Saints,
to awaken in them the finest sensibilities, and arouse them to
enterprise and exertion, surely it is the great and precious
promises made by our heavenly Father to the children of
Abraham; and those engaged in seeking the outcasts of Israel,
and the dispersed of Judah, cannot fail to enjoy the Spirit of the
Lord and have the choicest blessings of Heaven rest upon them
in copious effusions. Brethren, you are in the pathway to eternal
flame, and immortal glory; and inasmuch as you feel interested
for the covenant people of the Lord, the God of their fathers
shall bless you. Do not be discouraged on account of the
greatness of the work; only be humble and faithful. . . He who
scattered Israel has promised to gather them; therefore inasmuch
as you are to be instrumental in this great work, He will endow
you with power, wisdom, might, and intelligence, and every
qualification necessary; while your minds will expand wider
and wider, until you can circumscribe the earth and the heavens,
reach forth into eternity, and contemplate the mighty acts of
Jehovah in all their variety and glory.

–Joseph Smith, Jun., History of the Church, vol. 4, pages 128–129.

This quote above has SO much in it!  

Elder Russell M. Nelson has said, “Once we know who we are and the royal lineage of which we are a part, our actions and directions in life will be more appropriate to our inheritance.”  (The Power of the Word, p. 214) 

..when the Patriarch declares your lineage in your patriarchal blessing, it is “as much a statement about who and what we were as it is about who we are now and what we may become.” - Robert L. Millet

Not everyone can say they are of the house of Israel and of the Covenant of Abraham.  Not only is it a blessing, but also a responsibility. 

Blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant

1)      LAND: A promised land (Genesis 13:14-15; 3 Nephi 20:14)

2)      SEED:  A great posterity (Genesis 13:16; Abraham 2:9)

3)      PRIESTHOOD:  The Priesthood and its attached gospel (Abraham 2:9)

4)      MINISTRY TO THE WORLD:  The opportunity/ability to share all this with all the families of the earth (Abraham 2:10-11; 3 Nephi 20:25) 

 

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