Yesterday I was talking with my friend and she was saying that when she tells people that the only thing that she is studying right now is the Book of Mormon and other scripture, that they give her funny looks and they thing that she is crazy. Well, I was reading in my study manual and Pres. Benson actually said
"The book of Mormon helps us discern truth from error:"
"We...Should know the Book of Mormon better than any other book. Not only should we know what history and faith-promoting stories it contains, but we should understand its teachings. If we really do our homework and approach the Book of Mormon doctrinally, we can expose the errors and find the truths to combat many of the current false theories and philosophies of men."
With that said shouldn't we just be studying the Book of Mormon and other doctrine that can help us understand the jewels that lies there in? Shouldn't we study so that we can be close to the spirit and so that we can gain personal revelation? That we can know the pathways that the Lord would have us take?
Also, when we study and ponder what the Lord would have us are we not more likely to stand up for what we believe because the Spirit of the Lord will be with us and help us do what is right. Weather walking out of a movie or standing up and saying we need to change this or I need to leave. Or maybe not something that bad like standing up for a friend or not eating or drinking something when the Lord tells you not to.
For example green tea extract, the world tells you that green tea has a lot of cancer fighting and fat fighting antioxidants in it. Yet the Lord tells us in the Word of Wisdom that tea (hot drinks) are not for the body. Even if you cool it down iced tea or the like is not good for us. No matter what the world may say.
So, if we study the Book of Mormon and the like, as Pres. Benson tells us to then we will be led and guided by the Spirit and the Lord will give us direction and guidance in our lives.
I think that if we all took my friends lead and read and really studied the Book of Mormon and the bible then we would all be a better people. Then we would live more like we know we should. We would be able to live the kind of lives that is pleasing to the Lord and I know that Satin would not have the influence that he does. Not only that but our trials would not seem as bad because we would be able to feel the Spirit of the Lord helping us through our trials and we would become a better people for it.