My thoughts

As I look forward to my trip to Martin Cove in a few weeks, I decieded to actually research what happened there. I looked up things with dry eyes and finished with tissues covered with mascara and eyeliner. Really. I can't even imagine going through that. None of the people that were involved in that spiritual and historic event, wanted to to turn around as so many of us would in our day of age. No, they pressed forward and wanted to get to Zion that they had heard so much about. And when the rescue parties came to help them get to the valley, i can only imagine the graditude they felt. I think of Lehi and his exodus from Jeruselam and think of the similarities. They didn't have blistering cold snows and storms to hold them back, they had the oldest brothers complaining and talking hard about others in there party. There rescue was getting the Lihona and keeping it pointing the way to go by being rightoues. Then I though what is our exodus today. We are not packing up and leaving for what we believe in and becuase of the wicked people we live by. No. Our exodus is simlpy not participating in evil things of the world. As many prophets have echoed "being in the world but not of it." That is our exodus. What is pulling us back is the temptations that surround us. We have been told that everything invented was for bring to pass the church and gods rightoues purposes. How satan has twisted the gifts of music, internet, press, radio, and televison. If you think about it, when each invention was first used, there was no pornagraphy or bad language on any of them. Music was simply used to spread the spirit. Interenet was used to get information about important subject and events fast and to communicate with one another faster than by post mail. The press was used to publish the Bible and Book of Mormen. Radio and Telivison was to get news and general confrence out to the world. Now that these inventions have been used for a long time they have become corupted by satans power and just look at the people who use it in that way. There minds are corrupt and there actions are so too. They become lazy and become as satan would want us. they give up things up for pleasure right now. Our rescueres is what our fathers and what the other people of the pervious exoduses have left for us. Scriptures and testimonies to testify that we can get over our trials becuase they got through theres. Its also our loving Heavenly Father who will not and does not want to leave us alone, but just like the pioneers had to let the rescue team help them and just as Lehi and his family had to do what is right in order for the liahona to work, we have to ask. As did they of old. I love my church and i love my father in heaven!