3 Now in this thing we do rejoice; and we labor diligently to engraven these words upon plates, hoping that our beloved brethren and our children will receive them with thankful hearts, and look upon them that they may learn with joy and not with sorrow, neither with contempt, concerning their first parents." (Jacob 4:2-3)
Jacob describes the reasoning behind the effort of engraving all that they did on the plates. I think that although as of yet I haven't done anything terribly noteworthy in my life, it's nice to think that my children and their children might know something about me and my life. It gives me pause for reflection, thinking about what information there might be about me that they could read. This is a good argument for keeping a journal, continuing on with this kind of blog, and things like that. In future generations, are my great-grandkids going to learn about us by what we posted and liked on Facebook, what we tweeted, and what we pictures we Instagram'd? That certainly could be. Would I want them to? That's another question.
The other aspect to this is that if my life were exposed to my future generations, what about it would I be glad that they knew? Or wish they didn't know. There is a lot to consider there. I definitely could be better. Thus the attempt to restart this blog. I kind of got away from the practice, giving myself excuses about how busy I am and things, but I think that taking just the short amount of extra time it takes to write a post on here, it helps me to ponder the scriptures more than just read them, and since I am looking for things to comment about, I'm likening the words to my life and trying to see how it fits, so here's for another go.
I want to put the spiritual things in a more prominent place in my life. I want to be a better example of those things, and every little thing that I can to do bring myself closer to that person I want to be only gets me closer.
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