As I begin this entry I find that I am out of gas. (I'm tired!) But I have to admit that I used my 'gas' pretty well. I did get a lot of stuff done. So I deserve to be tired and I ought to be satisfied too. But I don't dwell much on what I was able to; I think about what still remains to be done. My thought that came to me this morning was another thing that I count as an accomplishment for the day. It was simply stated this way: 'it requires constant labor all his precepts to obey' and 'men are that they might have joy is certainly a 'precept' so there is some labor required to 'have joy''. Later on things will flow to us 'without compulsory means' (D & C 121) but for now 'joy' needs to be compelled. I didn't realize that before so I am trying to work on doing some 'compelling' so that I can 'have joy'. My day has done me right, but as I wrote: I think about what remains or was not accomplished more then what I did or the good that has happened during the day. But I will take it, call it good and get ready to move on to the next one. And because I am so tired right now it is a good thing that I have several hours to rest my weary bones and find energy enough to do it all again when I arise.
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