Listening to Learn

Hello friends. Yes, I am here again. I already spoke about the blessings of tithing in my last post. It is amazing how wonderful tithing can be. Now I want to talk about some other things I learned this week from my studies. I love President Russell M. Nelson. Sometimes he just says things that make sense you know? He started out with one of his talks saying we learn to listen and we listen to learn. President J. Reuben Clark said, "We do not lack a prophet, what we lack is a listening ear." When we are wise, we can learn and grow from our church leaders.
We need to uplift ourselves to a better ground. How would you act if Jesus Christ was here on the earth today? Elder James M. Paramore spoke of a story related to him from someone he knew who had once struggled in the church. He said, "...because I wasn't living a righteous life, I looked down my nose at others. When you lose the spirit of the Lord you don't judge properly. You look to judge negatively and you find fault. Then you rationalize why you act that way."
We are to become like Jesus. When we be, we do. When we do, we become. In the scriptures it says Ye know the things that which ye do. Are we doing what we want to become? Jesus Christ said, "Even as I am." We are to be like him and take upon us His name, and his nature! If we all became like Jesus Christ and helped serve others, wouldn't this be a wonderful place to live in? I will do my best to become like Jesus. I will do and I will be. What are you becoming?