Ok, first, sorry I missed the last 2 weeks last week, I had just gotten back in town, and the week before, I don't remember why I didn't blog. But, I'm back now :)
So, this week I was trying to figure out what to write about, and decided I would write a little about our Country, and how amazing it is, and how we need to get out there and exercise our right to vote.
here is a letter that was read over every pulpit of the church during the 2016 Election.
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
As citizens we have the privilege and duty of electing office holders and influencing public policy. Participation in the political process affects our communities and nation today and in the future. We urge Latter-day Saints to be active citizens by registering, exercising their right to vote, and engaging in civic affairs.
We also urge you to spend the time needed to become informed about the issues and candidates you will be considering. Along with the options available to you through the Internet, debates, and other sources, the Church occasionally posts information about particular moral issues on which it has taken a position at
www.MormonNewsroom.org.Principles compatible with the gospel may be found in various political parties, and members should seek candidates who best embody those principles.
While the Church affirms its institutional neutrality regarding political parties and candidates, individual members should participate in the political process. The Church also affirms its constitutional right of expression on political and social issues.
Sincerely yours,
Thomas S. Monson
Henry B. Eyring
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
The First Presidency
this letter is still true today, we need to make sure that we are registered to vote, and that we get out there and vote. nothing is going to change, unless we vote, and make our voice heard.
we live the last days, where as Joseph Smith Prophesied, the Constitution is hanging by a thread, and we need to save it. it is up to us.
he prophesied man times about this happening. here are a few of the quotes:
“Even this nation will be on the verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the ground and when the Constitution is on the brink of ruin this people will be the staff upon which the nation shall lean and they shall bear the Constitution away from the very verge of destruction.” (Joseph Smith Papers, LDS Church Historical Archives, Box 1, March 10, 1844.)
“The government is fallen and needs redeeming. It is guilty of Blood and cannot stand as it now is but will come so near desolation as to hang as it were by a single hair!!!!! Then the servants goes [sic] to the nations of the earth, and gathers the strength of the Lord’s house! A mighty army!!!!!! And this is the redemption of Zion when the saints shall have redeemed that government and reinstated it in all its purity and glory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” (George A. Smith Papers, Church Archives, Box 7, Folder 5, January 21, 1841.)
“the time would come when the constitution and government would hang by a brittle thread and would be ready to fall into other hands but this people the latter-day saints will step forth and save it.” (James Burgess Journal, 1818–1904, Church Archives, vol. 1—found among loose sermons.)
“the time would come that the Constitution and the country would be in danger of an overthrow and said he, if the constitution be saved at all, it will be by the Elders of this Church. I believe this is about the language as nearly as I can recollect it.” (JD, 6:150.)
NOW is the time! it is up to US, to save this promised land.
The United States of America is a promised land, just as Christ told the Nephites, one of my favorite scriptures is in 2 Nephi 1:6-7
6 "Wherefore, I, Lehi, prophesy according to the workings of the Spirit which is in me, that there shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord.7 Wherefore, this land is consecrated unto him whom he shall bring. And if it so be that they shall serve him according to the commandments which he hath given, it shall be a land of liberty unto them; wherefore, they shall never be brought down into captivity; if so, it shall be because of iniquity; for if iniquity shall abound cursed shall be the land for their sakes, but unto the righteous it shall be blessed forever.
It is our fault if we let this country fail, when we think that we don't have voice, and so we just don't vote, we are letting the other side win, we DO have a voice, our vote DOES matter.
This country is a blessed land , blessed above all other lands. it is because of this great country and the freedoms that we sometimes take or granted, that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was restored. We were the country that had religious freedom, so, Joseph Smith was able to go to a grove of trees and ask which church to join, and in result of that simple, humble prayer, the Gospel of Jesus Christ was Restored to the earth once more, and has now grown to over 16 million members. and is still growing so fast.
I Love this great country that I was lucky enough to be born in, and I love this Gospel of Jesus Christ, that I was also, lucky enough to be born into, and taught my entire life. I know that The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true, I know that this country is the greatest country on earth, an that it will continue to be the greatest country on earth, because the Righteous always win! we can and will win! lets not let the save our constitution, lets keep this land blessed forever!
Now, if you have not already, get out there and vote on Tuesday!
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
if you would like the site for the quotes from Joseph Smith, here it is. it is a really good read you should read it.
