Gospel Blesses the World

The following quote shows the importance and singular power of the gospel in blessing the world.  Media is one way to share the God’s message:

“The gospel of Jesus Christ is the only thing that will bless the lands of the world.  Many people live in poverty and ignorance.  They have a long way to go, and the gospel provides a bridge over which they walk, as it were, from their present situation to a brighter future.”
                                     –Gordon B. Hinckley                   

Encouraging Words from a Friend

Friends can provide wondeful encouragement.  I talked with a friend today about my desire to produce Christ-centered, good media.  She thought it was a wonderful idea and encouraged me to do it.  

She said, “It’s a critical thing you’re doing and I really hope you do it, ” and “We’ve got to save these people.” 

We’ll we can’t save these people, but Christ can.  And we can help them learn about and follow Him.  

My friends words were so good for me to hear.  I think we all need to hear about the importance of our dreams.  To hear someone really believe in what I want to do and to hear her that she believes there is a true and urgent need for it was motivating and nourishing.

We all need encouragement and motivation.  It’s important to surround ourselves with people who will help us be happy and do what is right.  Our friends really do influence us and as I’ve read stated elsewhere (in other words, this is someone else’s thought, but I know it’s true), when we’re vacillating, what we end up doing — whether good or bad — can depend on the close friends we keep.   Good friends can help us make right decisions.  Bad friends might cause us or support us in doing bad. 

Choose your friends wisely.

Thank you, Gloria, for your encouragment this morning!

Spam, Encouragement, & Repentance

I found a comment today to a post that had been tagged as spam.  But it wasn’t spam.  It was a beautiful comment that inspired me.  So I deleted the spam and posted the good comment. (see the comment here)

The influences around us are a lot like that.  We are surrounded by that which is bad or worldly.  We need to quickly delete those bad influences and protect ourselves from them.  We also need to hold fast to the good. 

Taken from another angle, I didn’t notice that good comment until months after it was posted.  I don’t know now when the truely spam messages were left because I already deleted them.  Those spam messages, or at least one of them, could have been sitting in the spam box for months too.

Each of us has been given the Spirit of Christ, or a conscience, that allows us to know good from evil.  We need to examine our lives, like I looked at the spam box, to see what is good or bad.  If there is bad in our lives, we should repent immediately.  Christ’s atonement can then delete the bad stuff and make us clean.  Where there is good in our lives, we should give thanks to Him from whom all goodness flows.