Monday, April 7, 2014

I can't really call it 'back in the habit', but at least I am writing again.  I waited until near the end of my day which isn't what I was doing before, but I was trying so hard to make my day worthy of my General Conference commitment that I really have been busy most of the time until now.  (I did watch some the the NCAA championship game, but I also drove over to Sharon's early on before I got back and pretty much wound down my day's work.)  I feel good about my choices for the day, but naturally I did not have a 'perfect' day.  I left things undone, and I did waste some time, but my Tuesday is poised to be another productive day if I can do as well as I did today.  My mind is still filled with thoughts from the weekend and my own personal study has only been added to, so I am really trying hard to understand some truths that can only make me better.  I am doing a real in depth study about 'desire' and 'heart, might, mind and strength'.  D & C 4 is still pretty much my theme and there is so much there to learn even though I have had it memorized for months and have 'read' it now thousands of times.  I find that my personal barometer has changed.  My level of tolerance for certain kinds of behavior is so much less.  I cannot tolerate me doing or thinking stuff that used to be acceptable (for me).  I expect so much more of me now in the 'faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, brotherly kindness, godliness, charity, humility, diligence' department (verse 6).  I find that really satisfying on the one hand, but somewhat aggravating on the other hand.  But it is all part of the journey and something that I have come to expect, especially just after General Conference. 

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