It was an amazing experience though. You know how when you read about a doctrine, you might think, "Oh yeah, there is a great scripture that goes with that. Let's see, I think it is somewhere in 2 Nephi, or is it Timothy? Might be section 31 or maybe in Abraham." In other words, you have no idea where it is, you just know it exists and it says something like....
Well this morning I made myself find the scriptures of which I was thinking. It was amazing. I also made a place in the back of my scriptures to jot them down and to organize them.
The section I read of Preach My Gospel was "Introduction: How Can I Best Use Preach My Gospel?" Like I said, I read just one page.
The lesson that hit me the hardest was in the second section entitled "The Missionary Lessons."
Rarely should a lesson go over 45 minutes.
I was so impressed with this that I wrote William about it. I know from experience, that the Spirit stops testifying somewhere around 46 minutes. But I can keep going anyway. There is an old saying in entertainment and business, "Always leave the people wanting more." I cringe when I look back on my mission and realize how often I tried to teach, not line upon line, but novel upon novel.
Short and Sweet. That needs to be my motto. I think that needs to be everyones motto. I don't mind getting out of church early.
I thought of two chapters of the scriptures that went along with this section. First 3 Nephi 27 and especially verse 21. Jesus says his gospel shows us what we need to do and that includes what we have seen him do. Then in 2 Nephi 31 it tells us what Jesus did. I read 2 Nephi 31 outloud and even did a few markings to see how long it took Nephi to explain the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 6 minutes!
Short and Sweet and to the point.
No comments:
Post a Comment