For Ashlynn’s baptism, I gave a quick talk on the Holy Ghost. I searched the scriptures on the Holy Ghost and came across a great scripture, Moroni 8:26 “…and because of meakness and lowliness of heart cometh the visitation of the Holy Ghost, which Comforter filleth with hope and perfect love, which love endureth by diligence unto prayer, until the end shall come, when all the saints shall swell with God.”
I decided to explain some of the words and looked for a simple definition in the dictionary. (I’m no good at defining words in simple form even though I know what they mean and I know how to use them.) Diligent means “constant, careful, to esteem highly”.
I knew that diligent meant constant, but I never knew that it meant to esteem highly. So all the little things we need to do diligently, such as prayer, scripture study, partaking of the sacrament, etc, need to be done routinely but more importantly, they need to be esteemed highly. Those little things are incredibly important and should be treated as such.
I discovered this about two weeks ago, and ever since I have found the word “diligent” almost everywhere. And it brings such a deep new meaning to everything I read in the scriptures.
My post title simply refers the the all-important phrase that the amazing book East of Eden hinges on. If I haven't said so already, you should read it.
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Aren't the scriptures full of many amazing things when we take time to really understand them? Thanks for enlightening all of us.
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