Live a Life that Matters

It happens by choice!

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.
There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten

 

will pass to someone else.

 

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies

 

 will finally disappear.

 

So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won’t matter where you came from,

 

It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant
Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So what will matter?

 

What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;

 

not what you got, but what you gave.

 

What will matter is not your success, but your significance.

 

What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

 

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage

 

or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged

 

 others to emulate your example.

 

What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

 

What will matter is not how many people you knew,

 

but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone.

 

What will matter is not your memories,

 

but the memories that live in those who loved you.

 

What will matter is how long you will be remembered, and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.

 

It happens by choice 

con amor,

Vero–

 

Listen to a prophets voice

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are Christians—we believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior. That said, there are plenty of beliefs that go against the grain of many modern branches of Christianity. Having a prophet is one of them. 

 

Latter-day Saints believe that God spoke directly to certain individuals in antiquity, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, etc. They believe he still speaks to certain individuals, called prophets, today. Because, why wouldn’t He do the same as He did in the past?

 

Some theologians argue that the Bible holds all of the prophetic counsel we’ll ever need. But, respectfully, why? The Bible itself is simply a combination of smaller books that serve as evidence of God speaking to prophets over thousands and thousands of years. Why would he neglect us in modern times? Latter-day Saints say He hasn’t, isn’t and won’t.

 

This concept really rubs a lot of Christians the wrong way. That said, scripturally, it’s a very rare occasion when people believe in an actual, current prophet. They always seem to believe in the prophets that lived before them, but really struggle to believe in the one standing in front of them. Exhibit A: Jesus Christ himself. The most powerful of all prophets (not to mention, the Savior). The people believed in Moses and Abraham, but crucified Christ.

Despite our mortal shortcomings, Latter-day Saints believe that God has provided prophets to us today, just as he did in ancient times. Makes sense, right?

 

This weekend, October 5-6 Latter-day Saints including myself will be listening to our prophet, apostles, seventies and officers of the Church that bears His name. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

 

Con amor,

Vero