Helping Others

A few days ago I was reading from the Book of Mormon and read a scripture in the Book of Moroni, it says: "And now my beloved son, not withstanding their hardness, let us labor diligently; for if we should cease to labor, we should be brought under condemnation; for we have a labor to perform whilst in this tabernacle of clay, that we may conquer the enemy of all righteousness, and rest our souls in the kingdom of God." (Moroni 9:6) Mormon wrote this last epistle to his son Moroni, to never cease from spreading the word of God to help his brethren come unto Christ. We can relate this to ourselves as we are here in this life. Our purpose is to love one another,“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” (Matthew 22:36–39) Just like the epistle written to Moroni, if we labor diligently by dedicating our time, heart, mind, might, and strength to serve the ones around us we can be filled with that pure love of Christ-charity. And if we stop we will not have an opportunity to feel of this great blessing that Heavenly Father yearns for each and everyone of us to have. We all have work to do at this time: either helping a less active to come to church, sharing the gospel with others, inviting friends to church, praying for a friend, sitting by someone at church, and many other ways to spiritually help one another. We have this great opportunity to bring others to come unto the rest of God in His kingdom where we can find true happiness for eternity.

I know as we reach out to the ones around us and help them with whatever they need to feel of God's love we too can find true happiness and joy. President Monson said, "Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save." (How Firm A Foundation, Souls to Save) There are always friends, families, co-workers, neighbors, and many other people out there that are in this journey to find true happiness. As we love them as our brothers and sisters and reach out to help them, Heavenly Father will pour out His spirit upon us. We will know exactly what to do and say to help them at that very moment we are with them. I know this to be true! I have seen it, experienced it, and applied this simple principle of serving, loving, and helping others with all my might, mind, heart, and strength. And as I have done this simple commandment, I have received the many blessings that God has for me. This reminds me of a hymn, "Have I Done Any Good?", I think this is a great question to ask ourselves as we go through our days.

~What have you done today to help serve the Lord?~