Dear Enoch, Letter # 12

Dear Enoch,

I have realized that the main purpose of writing these letters is to get ME better prepared to be a Zion person. I know Christ will want to find a community, a group, a "bunch" of people who are seeking Zion, who are living the Celestial Life to welcome Him to earth for His Second Coming.

I have come to accept that I cannot, and should not nudge, encourage, nor try to inspure anyone else about this principle. For the first one that needs to be corrected, changed, motivated I look at each day in the mirror.

I was discussing this with my nephew this past week and we agreed that once in a while, and perhaps daily, we need to ask ourselves what we are doing to become better, perfecting ourselves. There is always more we can do. There are always steps we can make to become more like our Savior, and be "Establish Zion."

But first I must establish Zion in my own heart, in my own life.
That is difficult. I am continuously reminded that I am miles away from realizing this worthy goal. I have much to do.
I watch and recognize that the adversary continually "helps" me become frustrated with life, with my challenges, with my obstacles that seem to be so much more important than seeking Zion. I get "caught up" in just hanging in there with the struggles of life and often Zion goes out the window and I forget about it too long.

So dear Brother Enoch, I have started a blog, for I feel there are others who feel the same as I do, and they can add their feelings and ideas to help me, and if we help each other, then perhaps we can all make progress in working toward purifying ourselves.
In the Priesthood Manual/RS Manual, Brother Joseph also says that the first stop toward creating a Zion on our lives is purifying ourselves. If we keep Zion, that concept in front of us as a goal, then perhaps we can indeed make some progress toward becoming pure in our thoughts, our words, and of course our actions.

Hopefully this blog can help us keep that in front of us to build on each other's commitment to realizing this goal.

Enoch, please understand we all need as much help as we can get, and you are the expert. There are few who receive this letter, so please inspire us to think upon these words, help teach us how to become more pure, closer to the goal Joseph mentioned in creating a Zion people.

Thanks again for reading these humble words, and at least considering how to help us in our main objective.
We will talk later.

Zerin