We just want to be comfortable, right?
Most modern inventions and advancements make life easier and more comfortable for everyone.
Handwashing all my laundry and riding horses everywhere sure seems like a lot of work.
I mean even just camping in cabins last week, I was reminded how easy my life is on a daily basis.
So what does this mean about my sins?
I’ve noticed that most of the sins and bad habits in my life are the ones that keep me feeling comfortable.
Even though this means they stop my growth.
So if I’m asked to repent and change, that can be a little scary.
Because that means I’m being asked to give up comfort.
I often have to step aside from a lifestyle that’s a little more comfortable and instead choose to do more work.
We might have to stay away from the tempting “comforts” of not needing to help others, keeping 100% of our income, or doing whatever we want on the Sabbath.
And yet, we are invited to, “. . .fear not, and lay aside every sin, which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction, yea, come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments.” (Alma 7:15)
We are invited to not have fear.
Jesus asks us to grow instead of being so focused on comfort.
It can be scary to give up a “comfortable” life, but it doesn’t have to be.
Because on the other side of that mortal “comfort” is pure love, joy, and true rest with our Savior.
“To get you from where you are to where He wants you to be requires a lot of stretching, and that generally entails discomfort and pain.” —Richard G. Scott
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
