"For behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, yea, for mine own sake will I do this, for I will not suffer my name to be polluted, and I will not give my glory unto another."
Jesus has given up so much for us. He has been treated poorly and suffered all things because he loves us.
1 Nephi 19: 9, "And the world, because of their iniquity, shall judge him to be a thing of naught: wherefore they scourge him, and he suffereth it; and they smite him, and he suffereth it. Yea, they spit upon him, and he suffereth it, because of his loving kindness and his long-suffering towards the children of men."
All that he claims for himself is his name. His name is sacred and powerful. It is truth and honor. When we are baptized we take upon ourselves his name and he expects it to be cared for and upheld. He will test us with trials and obstacles to make us more worthy to carry his name, to bear all things even as he has. If all that he requests is that we not defile his name, shouldn't we be able to act in a manner best fitting to fulfill his only wish? We should live our lives in a way that would make Jesus happy to have given us his name.
Good Shepherd
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Introduction
My D&C teacher last semester had us keep a scripture journal once a week. I really liked that idea becuase it really got me to think about the scriptures on a more personal level. For this reason I shall keep one here for all of you to read. Basically it will be the insights I have gleaned from the scriptures as they apply to me. What I write I can not garauntee will be doctrinally sound, but I hope that you gain a testimony from the small testimony I will be bearing once a week.
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