"Now the Lord had said unto me: Abraham, get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee."
Abraham 2:3
This is a theme that is repeated throughout the scriptures--God telling people to leave where they are and venture into something new, to find a new, promised land.
I feel like we all go through this at some point in our lives--perhaps not as literally as Abraham, or Moses, or Noah, or Lehi, but still... the very idea of losing ourselves to find ourselves, or of baptism as rebirth into the gospel, and growing up in God. It's all about leaving the familiar and the expected behind and forging something new in cooperation with God. And it is our end goal as well... to leave our country and kindred and find the promised land of heaven.
Today, wherever we are, let's make sure that we are leaving behing the things that are holding us back from joining God on the journey, and let's move forward towards the new land and new life and new home that God offers.
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