- Elder Maxwell
I have been thinking a lot lately about contentment, direction, discipleship, mission, purpose, priorities, and being in the world but not of the world. I think the interesting thing about contentment is that we should be happy--that's the goal of life: JOY!, but we won't always be comfortable all the time. In order to grow and progress we will have to struggle some to repent and change. We can't just be content with life or we would never push ourselves to be better or make the world a better place.
Elder Neal A. Maxwell talks so much about discipleship and teaches so many important principles on this subject. I especially LOVE this talk he gave in April 2000: Content with the Things Allotted unto Us. It is filled with a lot of the answers I needed today. Be sure to read it! :)
Here are a few other neat ones by Elder Maxwell:
These thoughts tie into other principles I've been pondering this weekend--faith, putting off the natural man and selfishness and being better (Mosiah 3:19), pressing forward and letting God guide our steps, and keeping the commandments. Here is another neat talk about following the Spirit: The Twenty-Mark Note
"Learn to love living the gospel!" - Elder Bednar
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