Work Wins

"Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence. He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy to stand, and he that learns not his duty and shows himself not approved shall not be counted worthy to stand. Even so. Amen." (Doctrine and Covenants 107:99-100) One common misconception in today's world is that we do not have to do anything for our salvation, because Jesus Christ already paid the price for our sins. While it is very true that Christ suffered for all of us, we are still required to make decisions for ourselves and participate in saving ordinances and covenants. For example, Jesus said "Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." (John 3:5) and also "And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." (Mark 13:13) The things we do on this earth are eternally important. We recognize that the Atonement of Jesus Christ is for all of us, but we can't willingly go off in sin planning on coming back later. The time to repent is now.

Growing up in baseball, I got away with my size being my advantage during games. I was bigger than mostly everybody else, so I could hit and throw harder. When I got older, the smaller kids started to catch up to me. Even though I was still one of the bigger players, I started getting outplayed by the smaller players. I realized that my size was no longer going to give me the definite advantage over the other teams. I then made a decision that I had to work harder. I began to lift weights, work on cardio, footwork, explosiveness, and mental tenacity.

I want to keep this post a little shorter this week so you can look at the two links below. One is a video from TCU Baseball called "Work Wins". Every time I watch this video, I get excited to go to work. The other link is a conference talk from our new prophet, President Nelson, called "The Price of Priesthood Power." If the link doesn't work by clicking on it, you can copy and paste the URL into your browser. Even if you've seen these before, I highly recommend taking another look!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQzKVKFgRok

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2016/04/the-price-of-priesthood-power?lang=eng