With no vision, people perish. This is true for all of us, on many
levels. We want to follow our Savior in
going about doing good, choosing the right, seeking to make a meaningful service
contribution as we seek to serve our God, to show our love for Him with all of
our heart, might, mind, and strength, loving our neighbors as ourselves.
To that end,
we are embarked on compiling as complete and accurate as possible, collaborating
however possible, using the best tools and techniques available to us, the best
we can, worthwhile accounts of the experiences of our lives and the principles
and lessons associated with our learning and our growth, from as many mistakes
and failures to as many rejoicings as we can recall and adequately describe.
In the spirit of trying to do more good
of our own free will and choice without being commanded in all things, it is our
intention to produce Our Story in This Dispensation, our Book of Remembrance,
using advances in Internet search, online indexing, tagging, and interactive
blogging, to make a humble contribution, and if acceptable, an offering to the
Book of Life.
Themes will include our individual and
family efforts to “grow up to the Lord” while “working for a living” and
“laboring for Zion.” Further theming
will include “finding the diamonds in our own backyard,” “growing where we're
planted,” “exploring and risk taking for the sake of learning and service and progress,”
“lifting where we stand” (Uctdorff), suggesting how we can better serve now the
best we can, working for Zion, working for a living, and growing up as the Lord
would have us, seeking the best we can in this Fallen realm, to trust in the
divine intervention of the Atonement, as we strive to follow The Son in seeking
to do the will of The Father, abiding in His Covenant.
Appreciating
the value of humor, we will note that the diamonds we have found will not be
seen on our fingers, ear lobes, etc.
They are in our hearts, embedded only in our character, contributing to
our Treasures in Heaven.
Our foremost desire
is to fervently follow the Lord’s priorities for us, putting Him first in all
things, seeking first His Kingdom and His righteousness, trusting in Him with
all our hearts, leaning not unto our own understanding, acknowledging Him and
following His Ways in all things, the best we can. Our objectives will be to attend to all
family duties as we help hasten the work of salvation, through member
missionary work, family history and temple work, as well as home teaching,
visiting teaching, teaching of the gospel, welfare services, public affairs,
JustServe, and everything else associated with building up the Church and
Kingdom of God and establishment of Zion.
To that end, commercialization will not be our first objective, but to
the degree income is needed, we will trust that with sufficient traction of
engagement, the windows of heaven will open to provide sufficient for our needs,
to allow us to accomplish the Lord’s purposes.
No
other object but to glorify God...JS 1:46.
Truth
from rooftops
Knowledge
of the Lord to cover earth like seas
All
truth shall be made known
Book
of Life
An
offering acceptable unto the Lord
Be
like our Creator and Savior, Jesus Christ, Enoch, Abraham, Joseph in Egypt,
Joseph Smith, President Monson, and do the will of the Father of us all,
abiding in His Covenant.
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