A verse for Halloween...

Romans 14:9
As stated by scripture, Christ is the Lord of both the living.... and the dead. :)

And in all things, both living and dying, we do so unto the Lord, for we are His. How appropriate really then to celebrate a holiday such as a Day of the Dead, in light of Christ's absolute dominion over its binding fetters.

We can look to death in a different way while the hope of Christ's atonement shines upon its once darkened moors.

Death, or dying, is now but to follow Christ in His absolute victory.

Happy Halloween.

Live for it!

Matthew 3:13-14,

John the Baptist knew the Son of God instinctively, recognized Him immediately, and professed his unworthiness then as he had so often before. (vs. 11) But having lived his entire life in preparation for this meeting, he had no trouble recognizing the long awaited Savior when He stood before him.

We must live for that moment, and we must keep His name with us so that He likewise recognizes us.

Fit to Answer

Fit to Answer
The Savior stood before them,
His word fresh in their hearts,
And asked of His disciples
What they’d have him impart.
-What is it ye desire after I am gone?-
Save three all swift responded,
To be with Him ere long.

Then turning to those three,
Who, sorrowful, refrained,
He looked upon their hearts,
And joyfully exclaimed,

-“More blessed… ye” for seeking
“To bring the souls of men,
Unto me” in the heavens,
Till this world’s very end.
For this cause, of the fullness
Of joy you shall partake,
And sit down with the Father,
When at last, from life, you wake.

Found worthy of the question,
So much greater their desire.
Would to God our weakly vessels
Might someday to such aspire.

And find ourselves fit to answer
As the Savior us inquires,
That for such a lofty labor
“We’ve done all that you required.”

They Wanted More

We all want more, don't we? More money than we have, more leisure, more of everything that we believe will make us happier.

3 Nephi 28:6-10. Christ asked his disciples what they wanted, and three of them didn't even dare to say it. All of the other disciples asked for a speedy return to heaven, but Christ looked on the hearts of the three, and knew that they wanted more. They wanted to stay, and keep laboring for their brothers and sisters here.

And so Christ himself qualified those desires in scripture, marking them for all of us who would follow after.

"more blessed are ye.." He said to them, adding that because of those desires theirs would be a promised fullness of joy.

Go to Doctrine and Covenants 7:5 and we gain more insight into another who desired the same, John the Beloved, who "desired that he might do more."

So we should want more.

The Glory

2 Nephi 20:3
When the end comes, what can you do? Where will you run? Where will you leave your glory, all the pomp with which we are encompassed?

What tales shall be spoken of us after we have passed on? In what matters or acts (doings) have we left our mark, or trod our path?

Where will we leave our glory, that it may be seen of us the measure of our lives?

Forever Present

3 Nephi 19:33

In a chapter and book of past tense action verbs: did, went, turned, said, blessed, etc., suddenly you have "do", a blatant deviation which is forever present to the readers. They do bear record, and we have it here before us. And of all these things that Christ did among them, they are still bearing their powerful witness to all with ears to hear and eyes to see.

Repentance is Seeing.

Alma 36:13 I
* Alma the younger said, “I saw that I had rebelled against my God and I had not kept His holy commandments."

Isn't that all repentance really is, seeing? And seeing things as they really are, we can change our lives according to that heightened perspective. The mists of our adversary diminish, and we tap into that lifestyle which more closely approaches the divine.

So the next question is, what brought Alma the younger to at last see?