“The Great Commandment–Love the Lord”

Yes, it has been a while since I last wrote.  Months, even!  I have sincerely missed writing my thoughts on this blog.  I had a busy summer, and now I’m back at school where I can’t seem to get my internet working at my apartment, so I have to access the internet while I’m on campus.  Because of my limited leisure time while on campus, I have to say that I don’t get on my blog, on Facebook, or on any other website much at all…

This is something you might call a blessing and a curse.

I have been able to spend more of my free time doing things that matter more to me than poking people on FB or staring at YouTube till my eyes burn.  Of course it can be a little inconvenient at times when I need to access the internet (which is pretty much a necessity of life for an average college student these days… right up there with food and water), but I am surviving quite nicely.  This experience has caused me to realize how much I can do with my life when I really prioritize what is most important and do it first.  Last week I had a lot to do and so many things seemed to be weighing me down.  At one point I wondered to myself  “do I really have time to get up early to go to the temple tomorrow, or will I be okay if I just postpone it?  It won’t really matter, will it?”  Perhaps it wouldn’t have negatively effected me, but I wanted to go to the temple.  Not only that, I knew that I needed to go.  It was a sacrifice to go, but I felt the difference it made throughout the rest of the week.  Miracles happened, and I knew it was because I put God first.  As I came to this realization, the words of one of my favorite quotes came to mind:

“When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Our love of the Lord will govern the claims for our affection, the demands on our time, the interests we pursue, and the order of our priorities.”  (President Ezra Taft Benson, “The Great Commandment–Love the Lord“, 1988)

That statement is true.  Believe it.  I have experienced it first hand time and time again, and I know that if we want to be happy we must make our relationship with our Heavenly Father our top priority.  He wants to bless us.  He cares about us, and He has many blessings in store if we will live our lives according to His teachings.

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