One of the blessings of that stewardship will be preparing our sons to serve the Lord. The Lord has entrusted them to us, and we will be held accountable for them. We are stewards of those sons held in reserve for this day. Can you feel the love that the Lord has for a young man who has answered the call to serve?Īs parents, we have the responsibility to prepare our sons to be worthy and to have a desire to serve the Lord. “And more blessed are you because you are called of me to preach my gospel” ( D&C 34:1, 4–5). “… Blessed are you because you have believed What would the Lord say to a young man today that was making the decision to serve a full-time mission? In words filled with love, He said to 19-year-old Orson Pratt: “My son Orson, hearken and hear and behold what I, the Lord God, shall say unto you. … This is their responsibility and their obligation” (“Some Thoughts on Temples, Retention of Converts, and Missionary Service,” Ensign, Nov. As such, our young men must carry the major burden. Hinckley has said: “I say what has been said before, that missionary work is essentially a priesthood responsibility. I emphasize this need today” (“Follow the Son of God,” Ensign, Nov. Hunter noted: “Earlier prophets have taught that every able, worthy young man should serve a full-time mission. To help us understand the importance of this decision, let me quote from the prophets of our time. As parents, one of the choices we must make is whether or not we are going to prepare our young sons to serve full-time missions. 24:2, 15).Īs in the days of Joshua, so it is with us today. So let’s start now, ok? Because our days are numbered.“And Joshua said unto all the people, … choose you this day whom ye will serve … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” ( Josh. The 100 days are divided into 10 day sprints where you can set interim goals and measure your progress.Īll it takes to get where we want to be is one step (or one LinkedIn post), followed by another and another, in the right direction. The Journal is divided into 100 days, with pages to track your progress each morning and evening. So have you accomplished what you wanted to at this point in your life? What else do you want to do, have or be – and when will that happen? Is the trajectory of how you’re spending your time today aiming at where you want to be in the future? If not, what action steps could you take today to move you in the right direction?Īuthor John Lee Dumas has created The Freedom Journal as a way to hold ourselves accountable for specific goals while breaking them into bite sized pieces. This is not an exercise for the faint of heart. If you want to get creative, you can print this out from their website (not here – this one’s too small), color in each of the dots to the present month, and see just how much time you have left. This is your life, reduced to one circle for each month of your life, assuming you live to age 90: The blog Wait But Why has a wonderful graphical representation of this idea. Life is short, and our days are numbered. But if you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. It’s much easier to do what you know and understand than to venture into the unknown. Lots of things get in the way, not the least of which is fear of failure. Just “intending” isn’t enough – you have to plan and then actually launch. It’s easy to get distracted from good intentions. I think it’s from the lack of having a designated time to write, to work through my ideas to create something logical and readable. It’s not from lack of time – I’ve had time to do lots of other things. I’m not behind due to lack of ideas – I have ideas coming out my ears.
I had good intentions when I set mine to post here weekly. So how are your New Year’s resolutions going?
Number of weeks since my New Year’s resolution to post weekly on LinkedIn – 8 Number of days this month – 29 (one extra!)
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