This is about the Book of Mormon as a whole. I think that this is one thing that really stands out to me when I'm doing these SOTD's: how many things the Lord has blessed His children with. Even if the scriptures didn't teach me anything else, it would be hard to miss that lesson.
It makes me think of a theme that gets repeated over and over throughout the scriptures--that the Lord is sitting there waiting to bless us and protect us, if only we would choose to be blessed and protected.
Often, things that don't really seem like blessings end up to be exactly that when we have the benefit of a little hindsight. We look back on our lives and realize how many great and wonderful things the Lord has done for us--what He has done for me--in life.
When we take a look at history, we see all the blessings the Lord has bestowed upon his children, and we can't help but be grateful. Gratitude is a funny thing, because it helps us gain some perspective which often leads to obedience. For example, with the law of tithing. Sometimes it's hard to give up a full tenth of our increase. However, when we realize and come to gain a testimony that it is only through the Lord's blessings that we have an increase anyway, letting him have ten percent of the stuff He just gave us seems natural and less burdensome.
I recognize how blessed I have been throughout my life, and though I am not always as grateful as I should be, I know that God has given me everything that I have. All because He wants me to be happy and He loves me.
And I love Him. I really do.
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