Hello everyone, today is a special day. Today I only read a little bit of Jacob 5 for a couple of reasons. #1, I somehow managed to pull several muscles in my neck that makes it extremely difficult and painful to move my head at all. So I am pretty much stuck in an arm chair with an ice pack on my neck at all times with my head in the same position.
Because of this, I am not able to look down and therefore not able to read my scriptures like I would like to. So I pulled up the Book of Mormon on www.lds.org and read a few verses in Jacob 5 that way. I did not read very much because it is painful to do so, but also, my scriptures that I have now are new and not very marked up, and Jacob 5 is a wonderful chapter that I have a hunch will take lots of time and lots of marking before I am finished.
Given all of this, I was very loath to miss even one day of reading the scriptures, even a little, and also I did not want to miss a day of blogging. So today, since I did not get to spend a full 30 minutes reading the scriptures, I thought I would just take a few moments and reiterate how important it is to read the scriptures every day, even if you can only read for a few minutes or for a few verses, it is THAT important to read them. It doesn't matter what kind of pain you are in, making the effort will pay off and increase the Spirit in your life. It is a very hard habit to cultivate and I spent years not prizing the scriptures like I should have and for sure not reading them like I should have. I have been trying like crazy the last few years to make up for it all. Reading the scriptures on a daily basis is also a really great way to minimalize the amount of "sinning" that one does day to day. So everyone, stay tuned and hopefully I will be back to ship shape tomorrow and will be able to delve into Jacob 5 with you. Until tomorrow.
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