Me and Christ

I know that Christ is real. There is not any time in my life that I have not believed it, but I have not always known. I know that he is real. What I have struggled with, and continue to struggle with is how I relate to Him. What did He do for me? What is the Atonement? Why does He care? What is He like?

I have read many things; books, scriptures, papers, articles and so on, but it still doesn't feel complete to me, I am missing something. I feel that what I am missing is a personal knowledge of Him. I know that he exists, but I don't know him. I don't know what he sees in me that is worth saving, I don't know the love he has for all men, but I know he has love for all men, but I do not feel it. I want to feel it. He is the best man this world has ever seen, the best leader, the best friend, the best teacher, the only truly complete man, the only truly just man. He is as he said "The Man". He is the supreme example, the measure by which we are all judged, the one we can all look to to see what true success is. He came here to this earth, and his mission was to conquer all the enemies of man, including death and hell. As his disciples noted, "that even the winds and the sea obey him", and what man of business can say that.

I do not know him yet, but I want to, and I want to be like him in every way.

Why the Simpleness of the way?

Some who visit this blog may wonder why I elected to title it "The Simpleness of the Way" and what that scripture refference has to do with me. Let me explain.

The story of the fiery serpents occured as the children of Israel where journying in the wilderness. They began to complain against God and against Moses because they where hungry. So, the Lord sent among the people these Fiery Serpents which bit the people and their bite was deadly. After many people died they went to Moses and asked him to pray to the Lord for them to take away the fiery serpents. When Moses did this he was instructed to make a serpent of brass and the people where told that if they would look upon the brass serpent when the fiery serpents had bit them that they would be healed, and surely as many as where bitten and looked upon the serpent where healed. We learn later from Nephi a prophet of the Book of Mormon that there where many who would not look upon Moses's serpent because of the easyness of it, they would not believe it would heal them, so they died.

This is the meaning of the story and what it has to do with me. I am in the wilderness, that is to say I have begun to repent. The Lord has given me an initial deliverance from the bondage I was in, but that was only the beginning of the path. The Promised Land is Eternal Life, or the mansion I may Inherit in the Kingdom of God if I hold true to the commandments and ways which the Lord has and will teach me. The Fiery Serpents are the temptations of the devil or the spirits who followed him before any of us came to this earth, and their sting is the poison which sin allows into our life which bars us from eternal life. And finally, the brass Serpent is Jesus Christ, or the one and only being to whom we may look for a deliverance from and remission of our sins. As I humble myself before him and seek to do his will I am prospered in my journy to the Promised Land.

In the Beginning

So, this is the beginning of my "blog". My wife thinks a blog is a silly thing, some nonsence about chating with people online. Well, she could be right, but that doesn't matter, realy, I need an outlet. I've been learning new things of late about life and I need to start righting them down or risk losing them. Also, I want to write my thoughts because I believe that the process of writing will help me to better understand myself and others.

It is my hope that the posts I make and the thoughts I express might be intresting enough for people to coment on them, or even challenge me. Moslty, though, I feel I'm learning things of great worth, and there are spiritual changes happening inside of me that are helping me to grow into a better person. It is my Hope that others may benefit from what I may share of my experiences.