After my Sunday afternoon nap:

I guess I can nap and do a spiritual post. 

In case you didn't know this before, I am a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I've never really shared much about what I believe here, even though it is a really big part of my life. I intend to change that. I shared a little about General Conference, but now I want to share with you more. Warning: there are a lot of words coming. 

This man is Elder Neil L. Anderson. During the most resent General Conference, Elder Anderson gave a talk called "It's a Miracle", it's about missionary work. One of the things that really stood out about it to me was this quote: 

If you’re not a full-time missionary with a missionary badge pinned on your coat, now is the time to paint one on your heart—painted, as Paul said, “not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God.”

Elder Anderson spoke a lot on the miracle of the missionaries who responded to President Monson's call for younger missionaries. But what really touched my heart was how he talked about how each of us can be missionaries in our own homes and how we live.

Elder Anderson shared the example of how when Christ was asked where he lived, he responded to "come and see"

"I like to think that the Savior was saying, 'Come and see not only where I live but how I live. Come and see who I am. Come and feel the Spirit.'"

I know that we need to share the gospel by how we live. We need to share the gospel by the words we use and the jokes we make. We need to share the gospel by how we treat others and how we treat ourselves. 

Today in Sunday School we talked about Pure Doctrine. Our teacher taught us that there are three kinds of doctrine: pure doctrine, the world's doctrine, and the most dangerous doctrine of all, the doctrine that is somewhere in between. How well we preach the gospel is determined by the kind of  doctrine we partake of. If we live the pure doctrine, then our lives will be a blessing and a testimony to those around us. 

I guess I'll close this with a testimony because that seems the proper thing to do. I know that if we make those small changes in our life to choose pure doctrine instead of the "in between doctrine" then we will have The Spirit more fully in our lives to bear witness to those around us. 

"But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you for a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:"

-1 Peter 3:15

Amen