In the third chapter of Mosiah, in verse 19 it says:
"For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever,unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child,submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."
I loved this verse this week. I was thinking about how the Lord's plan is so amazing. He gave us the Holy Ghost to help us to stay away from the things of the natural man. He knew that we couldn't do it alone. Satan is so powerful and cunning. He has a way of manipulating things in such a way that if we are not listening to the Spirit, we could easily be lead astray.
I was reading the traits that were in this scripture and thinking about how many of those I could say with confidence that I felt like I had mastered. It turns out that I have not mastered one! I am working on patience but the others also have quite a long way to go. I know I am not perfect but this week I am going to ponderize this scripture. By doing that, hopefully I can have these things in the forefront of my thoughts.
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