D&C 1:10-12 -- On Measures and Preparation

"Unto the day when the Lord shall come to recompense unto every man according to his work, and measure to every man according to the measure which he has measured to his fellow man.
Wherefore the voice of the Lord is unto the ends of the earth, that all that will hear may hear:
Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is nigh."
Doctrine and Covenants 1:10-12


I think this is a little scary. If it was, you know, how well we took care of ourselves, or even our favorite person or our family... that's hard, but basing it on how we treat everyone... wow. I'm remembering some poor interactions that I very much don't want thrown back in my face, or you know, even "restored" in a nicer way. We get what we have given... and isn't that one of the largest lessons of life? if we want the world to be better, it starts with us being better... we have to be whatever we want to see the world become.

The giant blessing in all of this though is Christ, who gave us the power to repent. And if we do, then those past sins that we regret and truly repent of... those won't be restored to us. Those are the things that Christ died to save us from, or we would probably definitely all be in a lot of trouble. We still have to learn the lesson though and do better... become those better people. But thankfully Christ suffered for our mistakes along the way, so that we don't have to, as long as we do the work and repent and change.

Today, let's think about what we are measuring to our fellow men, and let's start doing better and making sure we are never giving out anything we don't want to get in return.