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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
BYU Devotional
First off, I want to say that I have no intention of setting a course or direction for my blog. I write whatever is on my mind, so one topic may be completely different than the other. There are other times where I do want to share my thoughts or views. Whether you want to read or comment on this is entirely up to you. I'm writing this only for the sake of my freedom of expression. But please comment if you do have something to say.
About a year ago I had the oppurtunity to go to my bishop's cabin/mansion. It was ridiculously awesome. While there, Nick Martineau, a freshman from the BYU basketball team was going to give a devotional that night. I guess he's related to the bishop somehow. Anyways I was psyched.
Being someone who was about to serve a mission, he talked about seven things we can do to prepare for a mission. I can really relate to this now as I have less than two years in order to prepare for a mission. It's hard to believe that I'm this old now. Seriously. In the next five years I, along with others my age, am going to be making choices that will affect the rest of my life. It's crazy. Anyways, I can't remember everything he said but I wanted to write down the ones I remembered.
-Talking about spiritual things-This one was pretty important to me. When I'm on my mission, I'm going to be talking about the gospel for two years straight. So it logically makes sense that I'm going to have to get use to this kind of thing before going on a mission.
-Talking with different kinds of people-This is also something that is very logical. On my mission, I'll have to get used to talking to new kinds of people every day. Right now I usually hang out with the same people everyday. Talking to new people is just something that I got to learn to do.
-Treasuring up moments-To be specific, spiritual moments. While talking to investigators, it will help to have personal experiences that you can share with them. It also helps build your testimony
-Get in shape-From what I heard, missions take a lot more physical strength than I would expect. When you think about it though, it does make sense. Those guys are walking (or biking) day in and day out. It's a huge adjustment when you've been going to school and sitting for ninety percent of the time.
-Learn to do household stuff/develop your talents-So that just basically learning how to cook (so you don't die) and iron. That's pretty obvious. Developing your talents would also be a good idea. I mean you don't know when the opportunity is going to arise in order to give you a chance to share the gospel. He told us he was actually taking piano lessons so he could play some of the hymns.
Well anyways, it was a great devotional. I wished I would have remembered more because he really did have a lot of good points and it really got me thinking. And also, sorry if it seemed like I spilled my guts. I wrote a lot more than I was acutally intending to.
About a year ago I had the oppurtunity to go to my bishop's cabin/mansion. It was ridiculously awesome. While there, Nick Martineau, a freshman from the BYU basketball team was going to give a devotional that night. I guess he's related to the bishop somehow. Anyways I was psyched.
Being someone who was about to serve a mission, he talked about seven things we can do to prepare for a mission. I can really relate to this now as I have less than two years in order to prepare for a mission. It's hard to believe that I'm this old now. Seriously. In the next five years I, along with others my age, am going to be making choices that will affect the rest of my life. It's crazy. Anyways, I can't remember everything he said but I wanted to write down the ones I remembered.
-Talking about spiritual things-This one was pretty important to me. When I'm on my mission, I'm going to be talking about the gospel for two years straight. So it logically makes sense that I'm going to have to get use to this kind of thing before going on a mission.
-Talking with different kinds of people-This is also something that is very logical. On my mission, I'll have to get used to talking to new kinds of people every day. Right now I usually hang out with the same people everyday. Talking to new people is just something that I got to learn to do.
-Treasuring up moments-To be specific, spiritual moments. While talking to investigators, it will help to have personal experiences that you can share with them. It also helps build your testimony
-Get in shape-From what I heard, missions take a lot more physical strength than I would expect. When you think about it though, it does make sense. Those guys are walking (or biking) day in and day out. It's a huge adjustment when you've been going to school and sitting for ninety percent of the time.
-Learn to do household stuff/develop your talents-So that just basically learning how to cook (so you don't die) and iron. That's pretty obvious. Developing your talents would also be a good idea. I mean you don't know when the opportunity is going to arise in order to give you a chance to share the gospel. He told us he was actually taking piano lessons so he could play some of the hymns.
Well anyways, it was a great devotional. I wished I would have remembered more because he really did have a lot of good points and it really got me thinking. And also, sorry if it seemed like I spilled my guts. I wrote a lot more than I was acutally intending to.
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