Happy are We!:)

Welcome Back!  I hope the beginning of this Christmas season has been great for all 2 of you:)

I wanted to blog about how keeping the commandments can really make you happy.  It can also inspire to desire.  Others will look at you and think, "wow, I want to be as happy as her!"  Even the people that have been labled by others as a lost cause.  People watch the way you act, whether your actions are good or bad.  It may come as a shock to others that you're so happy because you simply keep the commandments, but it may interest them.  You never know how many people you have inspired with your bright smile.

Mosiah 2:41 "and moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God.  For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of neverending happiness.  O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it."

For the Lord God hath spoken it.  I love that because it is proof that Heavenly Father and his son Jesus Christ need You to help them through your example.  As daughters of God, we need to be missionaries for our father in heaven.  Hymn number 304 quotes, "Teach me to walk in the light of HIS love."  The song speaks as if it is talking to you, and asking you how it is that you know to walk in the light of Heavenly Father's love.  You can teach others to walk in the light of his love through your shining example and glowing smile. Note that those who do what they are supposed to have a sparkling personality, no matter how shy or outgoing they are.  The sparkle about them just makes them more beautiful on the inside as well as the outside.

Keep the Commandments, in this there is safety; in this there is peace.  I hope that you all keep the commandments, receive the blessings that God our father is so ready to give you, and serve others by helping them to become like Christ.  I testify that keeping the commandments brings true and everlasting happiness as long as you follow them consistantly.  I know that if I keep the commandments, I can return to my Father in Heaven and become free.  I strive everyday to become like Christ and I hope you do as well.  I love you all, Jesus loves you all!  And I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Love... Sadie:)