Reading Sections 38-42

It seemed to me that these particular sections contained a lot of heavy stuff. When reading them, it was a lot to take in. It first started out with a kind of warning. Be prepared and you have nothing to fear. This seems like a pretty easy concept to follow. However, a lot of us don't follow it. Most of us, just like with school work or other tasks, put things off until the last minute. Section 38 is a warning to do the opposite of that. We need to start preparing now in order to be ready for Christ's return. It also warns us about pride and the riches of the Earth. We are repeated warnedd about pride throughout all of the standard works, so obviously it is an important concept to understand. We need to heed these warnings from the Lord and do everything we can to be prepared because if we do, we will have nothing to worry about and that is a great feeling. When I started to read about the revelations to James Covill I mostly felt disappointed. How could a man like James Covill, who knows the things he was been told are true, just ignore the commandments of God like that? Then I think about people today. There are millions of people who do that same thing everyday. They know the church is true, yet they let worldly things stand in their way of happiness and eternal life. We can definitely learn from James Covill. The last sections was extremely heavy. The Law of the Lord. Wow. I enjoyed reading about all of the blessings we can get by following the law, but I didn't enjoy reading and realizing how many areas I am slacking in. It was a nice reminder of how you constantly have to be working on improving yourself to become more Christlike. I liked the quote in the manual by President Kimball when asked if there is a time when each person is to die. A lot of us are shocked when a loved one dies and wonders if it was "too soon." But we know that according to President Kimball,"God controls our lives, guides and blesses us, but gives us our agency....I am positive in my mind that the Lord has planned our destiny." That is very reassuring.