Tonight I’m going to visit some of the women in my ward for visiting teaching, and decided to sit down and read the message for this month, titled, If we do not doubt. Sister Beck speaks of the importance for the women of the church to keep our covenants, and not doubt, and then in turn, the promise is made to us that those around us will not doubt either.
I love this paragraph in particular, “When we honor our covenants, Heavenly Father can prepare the way for us. We are to live our covenants with precision. We can, for example, be precise in praying, in studying the scriptures, in holding a current temple recommend, in dressing modestly, in honoring the Sabbath. As we do so, our children will know and be able to say, ‘We do not doubt our mothers knew it'” Alma 56:48.
So, I thought for a moment about what the word precision means. Here is what the Merriam-Webster dictionary says:
“the quality or state of being precise : exactness OR the degree of refinement with which an operation is performed or a measurement stated — compare accuracy”
There are some things in this life where we know that we will never reach perfection. However, there are some things that we can do with “exactness”. We can pray morning and night, study the scriptures, and do the other things she lists above. Those things are attainable. So, it gives me some comfort to know that if we do those things with refinement and exactness, we are still ensured the promise that our children, or those we are an example to will know that we knew and lived the gospel.
In a day and age where daily life is so hectic, and our kids are bombarded with media, school friends, and other dangers that Satan is using to lure them away from happiness, this is a comfort to me. If I can be an example to my children and try to be precise in my covenant keeping, then they will know that home is a refuge, and that they can look to me for answers when they face some of life’s most difficult trials.
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