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A Good Thing

Our Relief Society is encouraging the sisters in the ward to increase their study of the Book of Mormon, and has challenged us to read it for 30 minutes a day. I have to say that I have not quite gotten up to the 30 minutes, but I have been reading daily, and lately it's been a big help. I have always tried to maintain a daily morning devotional time, either reading the scriptures, or the Ensign, or the Preach My Gospel manual. I like to set a goal at the beginning of the year - One year I read all of the standard works, one year I read the Book of Mormon 4 times. This year I thought I'd focus more on Preach My Gospel. And that was fine. But I was in a bit of a funk for awhile, and I have found that going back to the Book of Mormon has really helped. I have felt the spirit more, and felt a desire to spend more time in the scriptures. I also got a new set of scriptures recently (Elder Mervyn Arnold visited our ward recently and recommended this), and it has been like I am reading it with fresh eyes. It's a new opportunity to mark my scriptures and receive impressions that I might have forgotten or never quite hit me the same way before.

Daily reading of the Book of Mormon - it's a good thing!

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Pinky Lovejoy-Coogan said…
Well, well, well, you and Inge both have blogs! Hooray! Check mine out when you get a chance. Hope you're doing well! Miss you. :)
October 9, 2008 at 7:39 PM
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