I almost always like going to church. I find enjoyment in the gathering. The people, the friendship, is what I like most.
Yesterday was the ward Christmas party. We learned that it wasn’t too hard to set up 20 tables in the gym.
It was a good party. *** did the program, and it was great because it wasn’t just singing. She interspersed Christmas songs with Christmas trivia and information, which kept us engaged.
The food was great.
Jenn brought ***, a person in our neighborhood who is having a hard time right now. She is currently separated from her husband.
Sister *** sat at our table, and Jenn and she had good conversation.
Come follow Me
*** suggested I should be ready to speak today because he’s not sure the *** and he were on the same page about when they would be speaking.
I’m not sure it’s a great idea, and part of me thinks he’s just pulling my leg to stress me out, but getting ready for it is a welcome exercise.
He said the topic is the premortal Jesus. why should we know about the premortal life of Jesus?
Jesus taught that eternal life is to know the Father and the son. knowing more about either of them provides more opportunity to know them. Knowing of them, and then knowing them, is what kindles, and then sustains, our faith.
So how does the knowledge of Jesus’ pre mortal life sustain our faith? This is the question I would want to answer if I were speaking today. Have you ever heard the expression “this is Idaho. If you don’t like the weather, just wait 10 minutes.”
The Kernal of this expression is the concept of change.
Just like change, as the expression implies, is the crux of Idaho weather, so is it a major theme of Mortality.
Benjamin Franklin said regarding the constitution “nothing is certain except death and taxes”.
We have all experienced changes that are guaranteed to us in this mortal condition. Changes in our health and well being. Financial ups and downs. The ebbs and flows of even our deepest relationships.
It could be said that change is the Hallmark of Mortality.
And then we have this contrast.
Mormon 9: 9 for do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today and forever, and in Him there is no variableness or shadow of changing.
9:10 And now, if ye have imagined up unto yourselves a god who doth vary, and in whom there is shadow of changing, then have ye imagined up unto yourselves a god who is not a God of Miracles. In a world of constant change, there is one who does not. In the middle of so much uncertainty, there is one who we can be sure of. But this sureness comes over time. We are not likely to comprehend the steadfastness of God in one single moment of striking clarity. We learn of Him bit by bit, a little hear and a little there, until we arrive at a faith in Him that is sufficient that he might lead us back to our father.