A quiet reminder that faith is practiced through trust, discipline, and gratitude.
Excerpt
In 2025, the Doctrine and Covenants did more than guide my study. It quietly shaped my choices, my discipline, my priorities, and the way I practiced faith in ordinary life.
Intro
Studying the Doctrine and Covenants this year felt less like following a schedule and more like walking alongside revelation that insisted on application. The lessons were not abstract. They pressed gently but consistently into how I prayed, how I worked, how I cared for my body, how I gave, and how I treated time as something sacred rather than expendable.
This was not a year of dramatic spiritual moments. It was a year of steady alignment.
Notes from the Doctrine and Covenants
Again and again, the Doctrine and Covenants reminded me that God is already offering light, direction, and help. Receiving those gifts requires intention. Revelation is not passive. It is chosen.
Holiness emerged as something practical. Holy places matter, but so do holy habits. Order invites peace. Discipline creates freedom. Obedience is not restriction. It is alignment with divine patterns that actually work.
Joy was reframed. Not as ease, but as purpose. Even in difficulty, joy grows when time is used wisely and life is ordered toward things of eternal value.
Education stood out as a divine expectation. Learning is not optional. God prepares His people by helping them develop intelligence, skill, and faith together.
Family relationships deepened my understanding of eternity. Joy increases as relationships are strengthened on both sides of the veil. Zion is not built alone.
Perspective (Direct Quotes)
Stand ye in holy places, and be not moved.
Be anxiously engaged in a good cause.
Teach ye diligently.
Seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
Where much is given, much is required.
Practice (Today, Not Someday)
Today, I choose to receive light intentionally.
Today, I guard time spent in holy places.
Today, I live the Word of Wisdom as a daily discipline, not a checklist.
Today, I practice the law of tithing with trust rather than fear.
Today, I invest in learning, family, and unity.
Holiness is not postponed. It is practiced now.
Final Reflection
The Doctrine and Covenants taught me that obedience is not about perfection. It is about direction. When life is ordered according to divine patterns, strength is renewed, clarity increases, and peace follows.
God does not rush His work. He prepares His people patiently as they choose to act.
Pocket I’m Keeping
Light fills every part of life that is opened to receive it.
What I Hear Now
Be anxiously engaged in a good cause.
Where much is given, much is required.
I am bound when you do what I say.
Every blessing is predicated upon obedience.
Be ye clean that bear the vessels of the Lord.
Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly.
Stand ye in holy places, and be not moved.
Seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
As health is honored, wisdom and hidden treasures of knowledge are revealed, and strength is renewed to run and not be weary, to walk and not faint.
As trust is practiced through tithing, fear gives way to confidence, and the promise stands that the faithful shall not be burned at His coming.
The same sociality that exists among us here will exist among us there, coupled with eternal glory.
Whatever principles of intelligence we gain in this life will rise with us in the resurrection.
Zion is built together.
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