My heart broke as I heard a dear friend say this to me recently. ⁣

She was going through some rough stuff. ⁣

And she expressed how she felt like all she did was complain. ⁣

My response? ⁣

That’s not how I saw things at all. ⁣

This is the beautiful thing about life. ⁣

We ebb and flow in our give and take. ⁣

Sometimes we are the sun. ⁣

Sometimes we are shining bright and lifting people up. ⁣

This friend in particular is always taking other people dinners who are in need, offering to help with anything, and has been there in very serious moments when I’ve needed immediate help. ⁣

She shines bright a whole lot. ⁣

But then, the sun goes down. ⁣

And we are the moon. ⁣

We don’t have much of our own light to give, and so we rely on the light we get from other people. ⁣

And she totally gets to be a moon right now. ⁣

There’s a time to serve and a time to be served. ⁣

There’s a time to love and a time to feel love. ⁣

There’s a time to shine the light of Christ and there’s a time to rely on the light that other people have. ⁣

“They give light to each other in their times and in their seasons…⁣

“The sun giveth his light by day, and the moon giveth her light by night”. D&C 88:44-45⁣

There are times and seasons for all things. Times for the sun, and seasons for the moon. ⁣

We have the light of Christ within us not to just shine and bring glory to ourselves. ⁣

But we have the light to give to each other in the times and seasons that we need.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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Why can’t we just do our own thing and worry about our personal salvation?⁣

I think it’s important to be good examples in order to attract others to the gospel.

We can be the light on the hill.

We can talk about the joy and peace that permeates, even in the tough times.

We want to prove that being a follower of Christ actually changes who we are for the better.

⁣And the biggest lesson I’ve learned as I’ve tried to be a good example, is that it’s important to learn how to be comfortable being different!

Paul taught: “. . . Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” (1 Timothy 4:12)

If we are going to choose to be different in

the words we say,

our topics of conversation,

the way we serve,

the sensitivity of our spirits,

the faith we develop,

and the purity of our minds,

then we are choosing to stick out amongst the rest of the world.

Are we okay being different and peculiar?

Jesus sure was different when He walked on the earth.

He stood out.

He was peculiar and unique in the things He said and the way He acted.

It’s good to get comfortable with being a bit different.

And if we stick out a bit by being a believer of Christ, we are in good company.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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