Desire

After we have a firm belief, or an understanding of our divine position being a child of a God, and after we live our life knowing that He is our loving Father, always interested in us, in our actions each day, we search out the next step.  Living with this truth in our hearts, we will still be challenged with trials, obstacles, questions, and turmoil.

As we incorporate in our lives our knowledge that we will have these trials and opportunities of growth, we will be proven, we should be able to endure, learn from, and overcome any road block in our path.  If we desire, we will learn how to cope with "experiences" and endure them well if we couple them with service, forgetting ourselves, and giving.  The sweet blessings of service will strengthen us, and let us feel His love, no matter the difficulty of the day. 

Now we should turn our mind to the matter at hand.  Do we remember that our goal is to learn all about Charity and live it?  Can we do so with trials, questions, and struggles?  Of course.  In fact, perhaps the opportunity we have to go through challenges will set the circumstances to help us learn of Charity, Zion, the Pure love of Christ easier?

Remember the conditions: all things in common, no contention, everyone living and loving everyone, no pride among them, the law of consecration, serving everyone as our neighbor, the love of God in everyone's heart, no envyings, nor strifes, no lying, ..."surely there could not be a happier people among all the people who had been created by the hand of God."

We want to find and live in a world defined in Fourth Nephi.  YES it is possible.  But a people has to be prepared to live it.  But before  a people can be prepared, a person has to be ready and anxious to learn and to live it.  That is what we are doing in this blog.  What is the first step after we have accepted and after we desire this kind of life?  What do we do now?  

The first step is to consciously decide that is our goal, and that is where we are going.  That is what we strive for, and that is what we will work toward. Without the desire, there is no way.  So, to begin at that road, decide, commit, and accept that it is not easy. It will have many additional obstacles placed in our way.  But how firm is our goal, our desire?  Are we will to pay the price?

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