Monday, October 5, 2015

Ponderize

I decide to take Brother Devin G. Durrant's ponderize challenge. Brother Durrant spoke in the Sunday afternoon session of General Conference. He said; “The word ‘ponderize’ is not found in the dictionary, but it has found a place in my heart. So what does it mean to ponderize? I like to say it’s a combination of 80 percent extended pondering and 20 percent memorization...You might ask, ‘Why should I do this?' I would answer that we are living in a time of ever spreading evil. We cannot just accept the status quo and be fed ugly words and sinful visuals almost everywhere we turn and do nothing in response. We must fight back. When our minds are filled with uplifting thoughts and images, when we ‘always remember him,’ there is no room left for filth and trash...Ponderizing is somewhat like adding a new time-release vitamin to your current spiritual diet." 

To keep track of my ponderizing, I'll try (key word is 'try' ;) and post the scripture I'm ponderizing each Monday. This week's scripture is Alma 30:44, "But Alma said unto him: Thou hast had signs enough; will ye tempt your God? Will ye say, Show unto me a sign, when ye have the testimony of all these thy brethren, and also all the holy prophets? The scriptures are laid before thee, yea, and all things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator."

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