"None of us is quite as Christlike as we know we should be. But we earnestly desire to overcome our faults and the tendency to sin. With our heart and the soul we yearn to become better with the help of the Atonement of Jesus Christ." - Dieter F. Uchtdorf
It was interesting to me that my mom and I were just talking about how we can share the gospel "without guile or hypocrisy" and then I read the Visiting Teaching Message for this month. I suggest to everyone to study this message (I'm not even in Relief Society yet). I have added a new word to my vocabulary thanks to this article. "To beguile is to deceive or lead astray..." I don't want to sound judgmental but it is sad that every where you look someone is beguiling someone. whether it be on TV as an add, a car dealer, insurance agent, or even your friends. It's hard sometimes to tell if someone is trying to deceive you. But God has given us the Light of Christ. From birth we have been able to know good from evil.
Now a person without guile is who we want to be. We should strive to be "a person of innocence, honest intent, and pure motives, whose life reflects the simple practice of conforming his [or her] daily actions to principles of integrity... ." What is integrity you may ask? Well it is one of the eight values the Young Women strive to incorporate in their lives. To me integrity is the opposite of pride and is the purity of a young woman. I like the second definition that dictionary.com gives: "The state of being whole, entire, or undiminished". Having integrity means to live up to your values and doing it without guile. Joseph B. Wirthlin continues his quote saying "...I believe the necessity for the members of the Church to be without guile may be more urgent now than at other times..."
I would like to testify that I believe these are the Last Days. People are watching us and we need to do everything we can to be Christlike. I know that through perseverance and patients we can overcome our faults and live with our Heavenly Father again. "We will be judged according to our actions, the desires of our hearts, and the kind of people we have become." It is time for us to repent and become like Christ. Of course we are not perfect and I recognize that. No one ever said it will be easy, but we need to take the blessing of the Atonement into our lives and use it everyday! Here is a good reminder from Matthew 5:8 "blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."
LESSON NUMBER 2: Teach without guile or hypocrisy!
Source: The Attributes of Jesus Christ: Without Guile or Hypocrisy April 2015 Ensign
It was interesting to me that my mom and I were just talking about how we can share the gospel "without guile or hypocrisy" and then I read the Visiting Teaching Message for this month. I suggest to everyone to study this message (I'm not even in Relief Society yet). I have added a new word to my vocabulary thanks to this article. "To beguile is to deceive or lead astray..." I don't want to sound judgmental but it is sad that every where you look someone is beguiling someone. whether it be on TV as an add, a car dealer, insurance agent, or even your friends. It's hard sometimes to tell if someone is trying to deceive you. But God has given us the Light of Christ. From birth we have been able to know good from evil.
Now a person without guile is who we want to be. We should strive to be "a person of innocence, honest intent, and pure motives, whose life reflects the simple practice of conforming his [or her] daily actions to principles of integrity... ." What is integrity you may ask? Well it is one of the eight values the Young Women strive to incorporate in their lives. To me integrity is the opposite of pride and is the purity of a young woman. I like the second definition that dictionary.com gives: "The state of being whole, entire, or undiminished". Having integrity means to live up to your values and doing it without guile. Joseph B. Wirthlin continues his quote saying "...I believe the necessity for the members of the Church to be without guile may be more urgent now than at other times..."
I would like to testify that I believe these are the Last Days. People are watching us and we need to do everything we can to be Christlike. I know that through perseverance and patients we can overcome our faults and live with our Heavenly Father again. "We will be judged according to our actions, the desires of our hearts, and the kind of people we have become." It is time for us to repent and become like Christ. Of course we are not perfect and I recognize that. No one ever said it will be easy, but we need to take the blessing of the Atonement into our lives and use it everyday! Here is a good reminder from Matthew 5:8 "blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God."
LESSON NUMBER 2: Teach without guile or hypocrisy!
Source: The Attributes of Jesus Christ: Without Guile or Hypocrisy April 2015 Ensign
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