Yesterday I was talking to a friend about bad habits or worldly things. The kind of things we fill up our lives with to make us temporarily feel better. Examples being drugs, alcohol, TV, food, shopping, etc... I was touched that he was so passionate and said all of those things make you feel empty...the only thing that fills us is the gospel of Jesus Christ. I had never thought of it that way before, but it has continually crossed my thoughts today.
Emotions have haunted me a lot lately. Maybe I am trying to fill that void, figure out happiness, I just don't know. I read in Mosiah 5 this morning...
"Under this head ye are made free, and there is no other head whereby ye can be made free. There is no other name given whereby salvation cometh; therefore, I would that ye should take upon you the name of Christ, all you that have entered into the covenant with God that ye should be obedient unto the end of your lives."
What a great promise! I would love to be made free of so many things. Taking the name of Christ upon me has only brought happiness, peace and contentment in my life. So why do I try to fill it with other things?
Or as Jacob says in 2 Nephi 9:51, "Wherefore, do not spend money for that which is of no worth, nor your labor for that which cannot satisfy. Hearken diligently unto me, ... and come unto the Holy One of Israel, and feast upon that which perisheth not, neither can be corrupted, and let your soul delight in fatness."
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