Arise & Strengthen

Today I finished reading the Book of Mormon again.

My favorite scripture ending my study was Moroni 10:31-32. It totally spoke to me.

10:31 "And awake, and arise from the dust, O (Karen); yea, and put on thy beautiful garments, O daughter of Zion; and strengthen thy stakes and enlarge thy borders forever, that thou mayest no more be confounded, that the covenants of the Eternal Father which he hath made unto thee, O house of Israel, may be fulfilled".

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 ye be perfect in Christ, ye can in nowise deny the power of God".

It's time for me to kick-it-in-gear.

It's time for me to really 'rise up & strengthen my stakes forever' so that I can receive the blessings and covenants that He has promised me...that I can find someone and start a family--raise the children that are just waiting for me.

It's time.

I'm so thankful to once again have read the Book of Mormon. I think this is around my 20th time or so, and I learn so much more every single time....

Here's to 2009!