ATOMS stands for "Aaron's 'Things of My Soul'". As such, this blog is a compilation of my spiritual thoughts and insights as I study the scriptures, pray in faith, and have daily experiences. These things are the symbolic atoms that make up my life, and are personal to me. With the belief that "there hath no temptation [or experience or trial or joy] taken [me], but such as is common to man" (1 Corinthians 10:13), I post them in the hope that they bless someone, somewhere, somehow. If it be one soul, my joy is full.

Please feel free to browse, to search, to comment, to correct false doctrine you find, and to let me know if they have been positively (or negatively) influential to you.

It is my prayer that we all sail the seas of life with happiness, and obtain the wonderful blessings that God has in store for us, including living with our righteous loved ones forever, the answers to every question in life, and eternal happiness.

My posts are not to be taken as the official doctrine of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They are a reflection of my progressive learning and growing into said doctrine, though.

Sunday, 20 March 2016

Let Truth Mould You

Mosiah 3:6

Evil spirits can dwell on one's heart.

I have felt that many times in life. It is bad to let them stay.

The spirits feed off your evil emotions, selfish desires, even the natural man - which King Benjamin speaks of soon hereafter. They feed on doubt, fear, despair, hate, envy, irritation, impatience, procrastination, self-centeredness.

You can have them leave through starving them to death, even introducing things in your life that repel them.

I have found the strongest cure for evil invasion is truth. Belief of truth. Commitment to living truth.

Jesus Christ said: "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

Indeed, I've heard it said, "why would we listen to Plato give an excellent oration on the topic of truth, when Jesus Christ IS the truth" (Hugh B Brown).

Truths that have saved me are words such as:
• "In your timing, Lord."
• "I can choose to be happy, because the Atonement paid for (literally, like buying from a store) my guilt, pain, loneliness, suffering."
• "Heavenly Father, you are fully and perfectly invested in my happiness, because you love me."

You can also declare and repeat truths in your heart and mind that relate to the struggle at hand.

For example, tithing:
• The Lord has promised to pour me out blessings such that I will not have room to receive them all.
• I am not giving 10% to Him, it all belongs to Him anyway. He is giving me 90% of my income, with the highest interest rate ever existent on the 10% I return to Him.
• I pay my tithing because I love the Lord, and am grateful for all He has given me.
• I pay tithing on my gross income, because I want gross blessings.

These are great responses for tempting thoughts including:
• I don't have enough money for this week!
• I really want to pay of that bill.
• I haven't been to the theatre in ages!
• I am hungry (on the Sabbath).
• Why am I giving money to God? He owns worlds without number!
• The church should be fine without my contribution.

As a light switched on can fill a room with light, so can the Light, the Life and the Way fill our lives with Light. With Himself. If we let Him. And He can cast away all evil from our lives.

Not only should we see ourselves as setting goals and making plans to improve ourselves – we should understand that the Lord has prescribed a method of progression as such: we give all we have and all we are to God, so that He turns us into something greater, something better.

It is the handing over the clay of our lives and our character to the hands of the Master Potter.

Tell Him: "Father, I give all of my life to you. Tell me what you want me to do," and then listen. Move forward with something good in your life.

He frees us from evil, and leads moulds us into exalted beings, if we let Him.

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