Why the "Little Things" Matter

There are times when I forget to pray or I forget to read my scriptures. There are some Sundays I don't get out of bed or I go to church in a bad mood. Every time one of these things happen I feel weaker. I feel like losing these "little things" makes me lose myself. Not the good losing either, not the losing myself in God, I lose myself in temptations. I falter greater than usual. I got the idea to talk about this from a video. Mormon Channel makes a few short 2-5 minute videos that are titled "Daily Bread". I found one recently titled Daily Bread: Pattern. This one is a short clip that talks about how we must gain a pattern, or a habit, or scripture study and prayer. A habit of keeping the commandments. Patterns that will bring us closer to the Lord. Start a routine of meaningful and heartfelt prayer. When you pray bring your thoughts and concerns to the Lord. Yes, He already knows them, however, when you talk to Him about it you can gain personal revelations to help guide you. Study the scriptures. THe Lord has blessed us significantly with the scriptures. I LOVE the Book of Mormon and I can testify you will grow closer to the Lord if you earnestly and sincerely read and study it. And I personally know it to be true. However, I understand you may not be of my faith, you may not believe in The Book of Mormon, and you know what? That is just fine, because we should all be studying the Bible as well. It is also very important and contains true doctrine. If we desire to grow closer to God, it is our responsibility to act. His hand is continually outstretched to us. We must take his hand if we are to get to him. These "little things" matter so much more than we think they do. They are the basics, they are part of our foundation. Elder D. Todd Christopherson said, in the video I linked to above, "People sometimes think "Well, those are such small things; prayer, immersing ourselves in the scriptures, pondering, meditating; how can that really produce a significant difference in a person's life?" But it does. As small as those things seem to be, as daily, routine sometimes they may seem to be, these are the kinds of things that day by day, transform us." 

Until the Next Time,

Sister Mims