Reflections on a Fast Sunday

Kids are in bed. That includes Andy. He's taking a "nap". He goes to church at 7am for meetings now. So his Sundays are long. It was fast Sunday today. I didn't share my testimony in our Sacrament Meeting BUT i was thinking about it a lot throughout the week. 

I just can't get over the fact that the lines of right and wrong are turning more gray and getting more blurry if not just completely disappearing. In the scriptures when it says evil will be know as good and good will be evil. That is totally describing the world we live in. I feel like i am the enemy because i believe in standards and morals. When i see certain things posted on Facebook, much of which is contrary to what i believe, i feel confused. What saves me and helps me see clearly is reading the Word of God, the Book of Mormon, the Bible, and words of the living Prophets and Apostles. I am so grateful for these resources! 

I know that this life is truly a battle for souls! Heavenly Father so desperately wants us to return to His presence. He has given us laws and commandments and a Savior to make up the difference of what we lack. But Satan is so real and deceitful. He tricks, and distracts, and numbs us. He wants us to forget and doubt. He wants us to do whatever feels good. He wants us to partake in this fake happiness which only lasts for a moment. The more i realize this the more i feel the need to not only be a strength to myself and family but also to friends and strangers, for we are ALL children of God. 

I know God lives and that we are His children. I know He provided us with a Savior. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored in it's fullness.