As I did my daily scripture study, though, I got this impression I should not postpone this project any longer. But, do you know how hard it is to come up with a blog address that isn't already in use on Blogger? Pretty tough. I have had a couple of blogs before, and I run one for my author website (although I pay for the domain name for that) so I knew finding the right, unused address would be tough, but it took a good long time.
Until I remembered this favorite scripture of mine. (In this blog I will be copying and pasting scripture references from LDS.org, which has hyperlinks embedded. It will help me make sure I don't have typos in my scripture posts.)
2 Corinthians 3:2-3
2 Ye are our aepistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men:
3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, awritten not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in btables of stone, but in cfleshy tables of the dheart.
The Apostle Paul is telling us that his true letters that he sends out to the world are the members of Christ's Church. "We" are the epistles. But we aren't written with ink, but with the Holy Ghost, and the writing isn't on paper or stone, but in the fleshy tables of our hearts (tables meaning notebooks, or tablets.)
I love this. I hope I can be His epistle.
What I would like to do specifically in the coming days to be His letter to the world is to be more aware of the needs of people around me who I love, and to try to serve in ways I can, as well as take my young children with me in that service.
The thing that really woke me up this morning was a great worry that perhaps I was failing at being a mother to a certain child, allowing that child to waste time because I've been busy with other projects. What came to me was this great desire to include this child in serving others in coming days, and see what, if any, effect there is.
And maybe this is the way to write in this child's tables of the heart. At least that is what I am praying for today.
The Apostle Paul is telling us that his true letters that he sends out to the world are the members of Christ's Church. "We" are the epistles. But we aren't written with ink, but with the Holy Ghost, and the writing isn't on paper or stone, but in the fleshy tables of our hearts (tables meaning notebooks, or tablets.)
I love this. I hope I can be His epistle.
What I would like to do specifically in the coming days to be His letter to the world is to be more aware of the needs of people around me who I love, and to try to serve in ways I can, as well as take my young children with me in that service.
The thing that really woke me up this morning was a great worry that perhaps I was failing at being a mother to a certain child, allowing that child to waste time because I've been busy with other projects. What came to me was this great desire to include this child in serving others in coming days, and see what, if any, effect there is.
And maybe this is the way to write in this child's tables of the heart. At least that is what I am praying for today.
