Section 50

I get so much peace, comfort, and joy from reading the scriptures. Especially my new endeavor to read the Doctrine and Covenants. The Lord has blessed me with comprehensive reading skills and the ability to have an understanding from my reading. His warning about being deceived by satan (v3) and the following reasoning to know what is of God (v10-24) was fascinating!

 Bottom line, "that which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness" (v23). I know there are a lot of wasted hours in my days because I watch tv, laze around, or do other non edifying activities when I could be growing closer to God! It may be a slow process, but I plan to start cutting out those non edifying activities and replacing them with ones that can grow the light of God in my life.

The people who are ordained of God and purified have such power granted to them to preach, teach, and represent Him (v26-28). I can think of a few people who remind me of what is described about those people who have such strong Spirit! But I have to keep in mind that I can be one of those people too. I can receive God and the power to overcome all things (v34-35). There is no need for me to fear (v41) because Christ has claimed me and watches over His sheep (AKA me! And you ;)).