#LifeGoals (5)

Today I've been thinking a lot about how relevant the scriptures are to our lives. I haven't always thought about them this way, but lately I've come to realize for myself that the scriptures can give us guidance and answers to our questions if we truly study them. While reading my scriptures tonight, my roommate and I bounced back and forth our insight and some scripture verses that are meaningful to us. So I decided to come up with a short list of scripture verses that I want to live by and make my "life goals." I've noticed, through Twitter and other social media, that the idea of #lifegoals or #relationshipgoals has become a popular thing. Although most aren't very realistic and can be pretty "of the world," I decided to come up with "real" #lifegoals from the scriptures. So here they are:

1) PRAY ALWAYS. Not just for myself, but for those around me. "Yea, and when you do not cry unto the Lord, let your hearts be full, drawn out in prayer unto him continually for your welfare, and for the welfare of those around you." Alma 34: 27
2) FEAST UPON THE WORDS OF CHRIST. "Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do." 2 Nephi 32: 3
3) BE THIS KIND OF MOM. I want my children to know that I have a testimony of God. "47 Now they never had fought, yet they did not fear death; and they did think more upon the liberty of their fathers than they did upon their lives; yea, they had been taught by their mothers, that if they did not doubt, God would deliver them. 48 And they rehearsed unto me the words of their mothers, saying: We do not doubt our mothers knew it." Alma 56: 47-48
4) FIND MORONI. I want to marry someone who strives to be or is as righteous as captain Moroni was. (#Relationshipgoals?) However, everything I'm looking for in a future spouse is something that I'm just as willing to be as well. "Yea, verily, verily I say unto you, if all men had been, and were, and ever would be, like unto Moroni, behold, the very powers of hell would have been shaken forever; yea, the devil would never have power over the hearts of the children of men." Alma 48: 17
5) OFFER WHOLE SOUL & ENDURE TO THE END. This scripture pretty much sums everything up. "And now, my beloved brethren, I would that ye should come unto Christ, who is the Holy One of Israel, and partake of his salvation, and the power of his redemption. Yea, come unto him, and offer your whole souls as an offering unto him, and continue in fasting and praying, and endure to the end; and as the Lord liveth ye will be saved." Omni 1:26

These are just a few of the MANY scriptures that you can relate to your life. I know that by reading the scriptures daily, you will see the Lord's hand in your life and be happier! I have come to love the scriptures and am grateful to have them. Read them, I dare ya. ;)