November 10, 2010

I am using Preach My Gospel for my study tonight. I'm doing the personal study on page 2 which is studying the tree of life in 1 Nephi 8 & 11. After Lehi ate the fruit of the tree, his first desire was for his family to eat of it also. With the fruit of the tree being the love of God, this is my same hope and desire for my family as well. I really want them to partake of this fruit because it is "desirable above all other fruit." To partake of the fruit, people had to "press forward" to get on the path that led to the tree and once they were on that path, they had to hold to the rod of iron to avoid losing their way. For me to receive all the blessings of the Atonement, I need to be humble and repent with a sincere heart. I need to come unto Christ and press forward with a steadfast faith in Him. Commitments and covenants help to partake of these blessings because when I am committed to keeping my covenants, I am obedient and repentant, striving to be worthy of the Spirit and humble. They offer me a direction to go, whereas, without them, I can imagine it would be easy to become distracted from the importance of daily obedience and faith.