3 Nephi 9:19-20
Elder Maxwell said,
“Real, personal sacrifice was never placing an animal on the altar. Instead, it is a willingness to put the animal in us upon the altar and letting it be consumed.”
Hartman Rector said,
“Surely, in the work of the Lord, it is what we do after we think we have done enough that really counts with Him, for that is when the blessings flow. If you would have a blessing from the Lord, put something upon the altar. Make a sacrifice.”
There is something in my life that I have really struggled with lately. And it is jealousy. I won’t tell you what of because that would just be too much information. And we wouldn’t want that.
But it has been eating me up inside. Literally. I have been in a pit of crap wallowing in it. I am sure this isn’t the first time I have wallowed and I am certain it won’t be the last, but it is something I have to give up or it will eat me up inside and do irreparable damage.
As I pondered the words of Elder Maxwell, that if I just take my jealousy and give it up, that the Lord would take it, and replace it with something better. So I am going to try. Try giving it to Him, and see where it goes. It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.
****postscript: IT WORKED!!! Just sayin :)
