This morning, as it seems to happen every Monday, my bed was just screaming for me to stay in it! It’s typically Monday when my pillow becomes the most comfortable it has felt all weekend and my comforter seems to form this perfect cocoon, enveloping my body in just the right way – making it very, very difficult to jump out of bed. Oh, who am I kidding! I don’t think I’ve ever ‘jumped’ out of bed (except, maybe, the morning of my wedding day) … ‘roll’ or ‘slide’ out of bed are more appropriate. Regardless of how I get out of bed, it is always most difficult on Monday mornings for me.
But, no matter how difficult it is, I always do it. A salary is a great incentive, let me tell ya! ;)
When I got to work this morning, one of the first things I did was open my iTunes application. I knew if anything was going to give me a boost, music was a good place to start. I decided to listen to Jessie Clark Funk’s album titled, ‘Everything Speaks His Name.’ Jessie is an LDS singer who has a beautiful and soothing voice. For me, easy listening is the best way to help my head transition from wanting to be in bed to making sure I get stuff done! The best part about turning her music on this morning was that it offered a wonderful spiritual boost – which is always welcomed – in addition to the metnal boost it gave me!
To extend this spiritual boost a little longer, I visited the church website (www.lds.org) to read, well, really, anything. This ‘anything’ came from the left hand side of the home page under the ‘Faith in Christ’ section. I clicked on “The Living Christ: The Testimony of the Apostles” and thoroughly enjoyed reading, again, the words put together by the 15 Apostles of the Lord whose signatures fill the bottom of the page.
Just to share a few sections that stuck out to me this morning:
“… [W]e offer our testimony of the reality of His matchless life and the infinite virtue of His great atoning sacrifice. None other has had so profound an influence upon all who have lived and will yet live upon the earth.”
“He instituted the sacrament as a reminder of His great atoning sacrifice … He gave His life to atone for the sins of all mankind. His was a great vicarious gift in behalf of all who would ever live upon the earth.”
“Of Him the Prophet [Joseph] also declared: “And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives! (D&C 76: 22-24)”
“We testify that He will someday return to earth. “And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together” (Isaiah 40:5). He will rule as King of Kings and reign as Lord of Lords, and every knee shall bend and every tongue shall speak in worship before Him. Each of us will stand to be judged of Him according to our works and the desires of our hearts.”
“His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come.”
I have always enjoyed how simple the testimonies are of the Apostles. It comforts me when I hear them bear testimony because they bring things down to a level I know I can manage – ‘His way is the path that leads to happiness in this life and eternal life in the world to come.’ That’s the level I’m talking about – to be happy and gain eternal life, follow Him.
I combine my testimony with theirs, which is simple – He lives.
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