26 - Simplicty (7-24-23)
26 - Simplicity (7-24-23)
Good Morning Family,
Our thoughts have turned this week to Elder and Sister Holland as Elder Holland is no doubt mourning the separation from his sweetheart. I went back this week and studied their talks given to the Young Single Adults earlier this year. I was impressed again with Sister Holland’s message and of her simple but powerful faith and testimony. Here are a couple of little clips from her message:
“As I look back at my life, and if I could live any part of it over again, I would do one thing differently—very differently: simplify! It seems to me that everything is better when it is simplified—our food, our clothing, our furnishings, and our schedules. What I regret most in my youth is that I didn’t see the simple beauty of the gospel; I made even the gospel too complex. I felt it was too overwhelming, too difficult, and sometimes even too mysterious. It seemed to me that even as a young adult I had to climb a mountain of righteousness, go through a fiery furnace of purification, and unravel every doctrinal controversy known to mankind if I were ever to be acceptable before God.
He wants us to know that the gospel is beautifully simple and simply beautiful.
I offer you this one simple little sequence. Faith is the conviction that there is a God, hope is trusting He will help us, and charity is His love and ability working through us to bless others.”
Invitation - To consider how can we apply this Gospel teaching more in our own lives?
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