Thoughts

 I’ve had my share of regrets in life. There are times where i wish i could’ve done a little better at this or just a little better at that. I often get caught up in thinking that if had done so, then i might find myself in a new/different/better circumstance right now. Not that my life is the pits right now, I'd say I’m doing the best i’ve ever done in every aspect of my life. but still, i fall short. and I don’t know how this is going to sound… but do you ever feel like you were so close, that to bridge the gap, you’d have to be perfect? now that’s the pits, to think that the only way to get from where to are to where you want to be, is to be perfect. if that’s the case then you might as well give up, right? 

Well, there i was, saturday night, sippin’ on a martenelli. why? cuz i’m classy. i opened up the book of mormon to this scripture that i’ve read 100 times. Moroni 10:32. 

Moroni 10:32. Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him, and deny yourselves of all ungodliness; and if ye shall deny yourselves of all ungodliness, and love God with all your might, mind and strength, then is his grace sufficient for you, that by his grace ye may be perfect in Christ; and if by the grace of God ye are perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God.

I CAN BE PERFECT. Deny myself of all ungodliness and Love God with all my might, mind, and strength. 

Thats it. He does the rest. By His measure, I will be perfect. 

To deny yourself of ungodliness, it all starts in your thoughts. "Let a man radically alter his thoughts and he will be astonished at the rapid transformation it will effect in the material conditions of his life. Men imagine that thought can be kept secret, but it cannot; it rapidly crystallizes into habit and habit solidifies into circumstance.” - James Allen

I bet you wouldn’t have to look to hard to see that this is true in your life. Your circumstance can tell you a lot about the habits you have, decisions you’ve made, and thoughts you thought of consistently enough. Not saying that the circumstance makes the man, but it reveals him to himself. So… change a thought, change a life. 

too dramatic? maybe. but how could a person possibly become what he is not thinking? Everything you are, is because you once thought about it. No thought, when persistently entertained, is too small to have its effect. For worse or for better. There is so much power in a thought! 

So the second part of Moroni’s promise/invitation, To love God with my heart might mind and strength. I think this is all about getting to know Him better. Because the people I love more than anyone in this world, are the people I know the most. Treat each scripture study as if I was just chillin with Jesus. Spend time with Him like He’s my homie, my friend, my brother, my teacher, my Savior, my creator, my Hope, my Faith, my every good thing that has ever happened to me in this life. Love Him with thoughts, words, decisions, and in the end, with who I've become, a perfect Ryan LaFaye.  

anyways, that's my sunday night think sesh