A few weeks ago I listened to President Nelson’s devotional to young adults. I was cleaning the kitchen and felt uplifted and then continued on. Last week I stumbled across a blog post on lds.org from President Nelson discussing what he learned from studying the Saviors life in the scriptures. That’s when a vague recollection about an assignment surfaced. A highly specific assignment actually.
“I challenged those watching to increase their testimony of the Savior by taking time each week to:
- Study everything Jesus said and did as recorded in the Old Testament.
- Study His laws as recorded in the New Testament.
- Study His doctrine as recorded in the Book of Mormon.
- Study His words as recorded in the Doctrine and Covenants.”
I spent a few days debating whether now was a good time to undertake such a task. It isn’t, not really. But it boils down to obedience, hope, and trust. And having a plan. I felt really overwhelmed until I saw President Nelson’s picture of his print out of the Topical Guide. I thought that was a brilliant idea.
Yesterday morning I copied all of the topical guide references onto a google doc to print it out. 83 pages later and I realized I’d have to spend a bit of time formatting the list. Here is the final copy of the topical guide references for anyone that wants to print it out (32 pages, I printed double sided). I took out all the “see also” references as almost all of them are included. The one’s that were left out were clearly tangental, but I figured I could turn to the actual topical guide and look it up if I wanted to study it further.
After my initial study last night and this morning I am feeling so grateful for this assignment. I hope you’ll join me (or let me join you!) and share what you are learning along the way too.
Learning in the Waiting
God’s in the Details
Bringing Back Structure and Self Care
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