December Challenge Report

Hey, this is Megan, reporting the results of the December Challenge. I was a little busy this month and did not post as much as I wanted to, and did not fully complete my goal. I have made it to 1 Nephi 10. Although I am a little disappointed, our stake just gave us the goal to read the Book of Mormon all of the way through by quest (a youth conference based on Book of Mormon adventures) in June. I take it that Heavenly Father has decided to give me another chance to complete my goal:) Something I have been reading recently is in chapter 8 when Nephi talks about the tree of life. During this chapter I had started reading just a verse or two a day and sometimes would skip ahead and read at random places in that chapter. The last time I had read that chapter, I marked each time groups of people were striving to get to the tree of life. Every time I read one, I would be so happy that they were striving to get to the tree, and then I would read the next verse and it would say something like, "and they were ashamed" or "they wandered off and were lost" which would just leave me feeling disappointed and sad. I imagine this is how Lehi felt about his sons not coming to the tree, and how Heavenly Father feels about his children. We need to press forward with a steadfastness in Christ and not let go of that rod of iron. And when we are strongly secured to the rod of iron or word of God, we need to reach out to those who have wandered off, and pull them back to it. I hope as we all start this new year that we will each strive to do this. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.