I have to confess that I have been even less diligent in keeping up my journal than I have this blog. So this morning I once again repented and will try to keep both up in a more timely manner. From this morning’s journal entry…<\/p>\n
This morning I woke much earlier than I wanted to but managed to read and ponder from the Book of Mormon while I drank my breakfast. The two scriptures that jumped out at me were\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0 Alma 27:17 where Ammon\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122s joy of being a missionary is described as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n 17\u00c2\u00a0Now the joy of Ammon was so great even that he was full; yea, <\/em>he was swallowed up in the joy of his God<\/em><\/strong>, even to the exhausting of his strength; and he fell again to the earth.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n I pondered the idea of being \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u02dcswallowed up in the joy of his God\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122 and if I had ever felt that way. What do I need to do to feel as Ammon did?<\/span><\/p>\n The other scripture came from Alma\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u2122s soliloquy about how he felt and what he taught in Alma 29:3.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a03\u00c2\u00a0But behold, I am a man, and do sin in my wish; <\/em>for I ought to be content<\/em><\/strong> with the things which the Lord hath allotted unto me.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n I think there are two lessons here. First there is the idea of being content or patient with my callings and opportunities to serve. But also the idea that I should be diligent in fulfilling those callings and opportunities to the best of our ability. It would do no good for me to be an angel if I did not use the opportunity to the fullest. \u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u0153Many are called but few are chosen,\u00c3\u00a2\u00c2\u20ac\u00c2\u009d seems to me to something that I need to consider.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n