7th day

Hear me out, if you do not read to conclusion the wrong conclusion may be formed. I am not anti-religion, as I am not anti-school. but, if the pandemic's effects have taught me anything it is that spirituality is not defined by an organization.

The main reason I conclude this is because I see a strong relationship with the struggle of Joseph Smith to find the truth when everyone interprets it differently, to the new testament where Jesus was seen as heretical and was forced to redefine worship from the way it was being practiced, Even Moses or Abraham even organized people to escape a false teaching, and because people are social, it was used as a reinforcement to teachings to gather like-minds. This is a preparation for a Zion.

being at home with my family, I realized that I was being forced to be...eh, forced is much to strong of a word, maybe encouraged to be organized in a familial group to foster love, devotion, etc. being at home has forced us to pray more for truth, because frankly, I do not trust the internet.  

I did find myself looking to the internet sort of as social reinforcement, like I was accustomed to. for Scriptures and ideas in general one of the most significant being which day is the sabbath and where is it taught that we only meet once a week? well, curiosity got a hold of me and I wondered what "church" was like for Jesus. So, I looked up what happens and when in synagogues, thinking I would then understand how Catholics came to their ritualistic meeting. I was most riveted by the observance of Shabbat, and with it the readings. It is Saturday morning, and I feel like I would be doing something wrong if I worked too much (D & C 59:9-13) but, it is not Sunday, and we will be going to church anyhow, stupid brain. or is it a wise intuition? 

It is important that I am thinking about these things, I have bore witness before that I believe the church is true, but I ought to have clarified that the teachings of this religion is true, and it will never be removed from the earth again! although, like the Children of Israel, we are not prepared for many things. much as my little boy has been given the priesthood ( which is the power God used to create ) only his is merely a preparatory or Aaronic until he learns what he must to prove worthy of a greater thing, line upon line... milk before meat.

I have another important thing to mention.

The organization of families is something we are not really proving ourselves worthy of living up to yet. The conceptis perfect, sort of like Communism, but people mess it up. If a man loves a woman, then he cares for her and she cares for him, they learn to be selfless placing others before themselves. Then, it leads to children who are raised and loved and taught by example, etc. but, like Communism, people do not love one another,but because of institutions, they have children and itgoes on and onlike that in marraige, except those who get a divorce instead of realizing the love was a blessing, not a requirement and if people live forever they likewise have forever to accomplish things, one of which will be learning to love others. It just seems like people would have learned that. It is not a difficult concept, but man is naturally selfish...