"Follow the Son, with full purpose of heart, with real
intent, take upon you the name of Christ.
Do the things which I have told you I have seen that your
Lord and your Redeemer will do."
Following these most basic teachings, a splendor of
connections to Christ opens up to us in multitudinous ways:
prayer and fasting and meditation upon His purposes,
savoring the scriptures, giving service to others,
"succoring the weak, lifting up the hands which hang down,
strengthening the feeble knees." Above all else, loving
with "the pure love of Christ," that gift that "never
faileth," that gift that "beareth all things, believeth
all things, hopeth all things, and endureth all things."
Soon, with that kind of love, we realize our days hold
scores of thoroughfares leading to the Master and that
every time we reach out, however feebly, for Him, we
discover He has been anxiously trying to reach us.
So we step, we strive, we seek, and we never yield.
My desire today is for all of us--not just those who are
"poor in spirit" but all of us--to have more
straightforward personal experience with
the Savior's example.
Sometimes we seek heaven too obliquely, focusing on
programs or history or the experience of others.
Those are important but not as important as personal
experience, true discipleship, and the strength that comes
from experiencing firsthand the majesty of His touch.