I didn't write the following. It was posted by Alex Boye; singer, member of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and member of "I'm a Mormon!" on mormon.org. I just happened to see it while checking out the website. Members are encouraged to use this site to proclaim their own membership. It's way cool!
I wonder what would happen if we treated our scriptures like we treat our cell phones? What if we carried them around in our purses or our pockets?
What if we turned back to go get them if we forgot them?
What if we flipped through them several times a day?
What if we spent an hour or more using them every day?
What if we used them to receive messages?
What if we treated them like we couldn't live without them?
What if we gave them to other kids as gifts?
What if we used them as we traveled?
What if we used them in case of emergency?
This is something to make you go..."Uh, Dude. Where are my scriptures?"
Unlike our cell phones:
One Plan DOES fit all.
Unlimited usage. No roaming charges.
You can always get reception.
You can use it in the mountains and in the tunnel.
It's free with no hidden costs.
AND you don't ever have to worry about your scriptures being disconnected because Christ has already paid the bill!
This week has been a high for us...well I know it was for me and I'm pretty sure it was for Elder Z.
This week it was our total privilege and blessing to take a young man to the mall to shop for new church clothes. He was going to be baptised and we thought how great it would be if he could show up in something more that his jeans shorts and a t-shirt. He is a young, almost completely blind twenty-one year old who has "seen" the light of the Gospel and taken hold. He is of very meager means and I know the Lord accepts his attendance in whatever he has to wear...but man, did he light up the room when he completed his baptism and came back into the room fully decked out in his new threads! To make this story more joyful, he found the Gospel by supporting his sister and HER baptism. He said he felt something right while he was sitting there for her. He took the lessons and gave up smoking instantly! AND in the words of Paul Harvey's "rest of the story"...HIS sister was introduced to the Gospel by HER friend who was recently baptised and SHE had removed all her piercings so she could take full advantage of the Atonement and put her old life behind her! It is TRUTH that caused these young people to give up their former lives to partake of the gifts of the Gospel. They are happy and moving forward in their new lives...
This is what is happening here in Jacksonville, North Carolina week after week and we're thrilled to be even a small part of it. We love what we do and feel it such a blessing to be at this place, at this time, with these people. Our testimonies grow and grow with each new day, with each reading of the Book of Mormon and we invite you, if you are not already doing so, to read the BOM with your families. Don't put it off like we did for so many years. It's not that we didn't try to get into the habit, it's just that we let life interfere.
We hope that our family will continue to try and lift each other up rather than tear each other down. As we enter into the full swing of the holidays we want to tell each member of our family that we love them and appreciate the support and prayers they extend in our behalf. And about gifts at Christmas...well, would you like to see the clothes that you helped to buy by giving up the gifts you would have received?
Much love,
Elder and Sister Zollinger
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