"These words are given unto you, and they are pure before me; wherefore, beware how you hold them, for they are to be answered upon your souls in the day of judgment. Even so. Amen."
Doctrine and Covenants 41:12
This struck me today not as a warning about specific words in a specific section, but as more of a warning about how we treat the scriptures and the words of the prophets. Too often I think that we try to fit them into our lives when we should rather be trying to fit ourselves into God's sacred tapestry of life. If we look at these words as something that may or may not fit into our lives or work for us, then we aren't really getting what is going on here... God, inviting us and teaching us how to become who we need to be in order to thrive in a glorious eternity. If that doesn't fit into our plans, then I mean, they are the wrong plans.
Today, let's jump in and learn and listen and build and assist and magnify all that God has given us. Let's be aware of how carefully we are holding and using the words of God.
