This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given me this day to use as I will.
I can waste it or use it for good.
What I do today is important, because I am
exchanging a day of my life for it.
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone forever,
leaving in its place something that I have traded for it.
I want it to be for gain, not loss; good not evil;
success not failure; in order that
I shall not regret the price I paid for it.
This past Sunday sister Sharon Down gave a fantastic lesson based around a conference address given by Ian S. Ardern of the 70 called, A time to Prepare. Sharon cleverly displayed 24 clocks to represent the 24 hours in a day that Heavenly Father has blessed each and every one of us with. Sister down encouraged us to heed to the wise council of Elder Ardern and reminds us to strive to, "...prioritize our choices to match our goals or risk being exposed to the winds of procrastination and being blown from one time-wasting activity to another".
Sharon reminds us that though it is vital that we make time for ourselves and our personal well-being, it is equally important to strive to put off the natural man. Improve the shining moments and above all, make it our first priority to actively prepare to meet God.
As the Savior says, " He who is faithful and wise in time is accounted worthy to inherit the mansions prepared for him of my Father." ( D&C 72:4)
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