Dear Enoch,
I would assume that this day would nothing special where you are. You see, we pause today to consider our blessings, try to forget our trials and afflictions and realize how blessed we are. We give thanks, pray, gather with friends and family AND EAT.
I would assume that every day is like Thanksgiving, and even Christmas where you are. But we, in this mortality, need the reason to pause, counts blessings, feel gratitudee, and improve in our lives. It is sort of like our quest to establish Zion. The founding/ruling fathers have specified that the fourth Thursday of November we all express thanks. I sort of wish that the "Eternal Fathers" would create a day once a year to remember, work toward, consider progress, etc in our quest to fulfill this dream of creating Zion.
Rather than once a year, perhaps once a month, or even once a week, or even one hour every day, we need something to remind us about our inner desire to work toward this coveted state.
Why wait for once a year, as we do now to express gratitude, take a whole day to ponder of how blessed we are. Why can't we create our own regular time to remember and dwell upon our desire for Zion?
Three fellow-Saints commented that we cannot purify ourselves. How true. We need the Savior. We need the help of others. We need encouragement from many different sources. And, we also know what we should be doing to work toward this goal, but do we do it? Do we have a list to follow? Are we trying, or is it something that just once in a while hits us over the head, we think about it for a few minutes, an hour, or even a day, then return to our own challenges and forget our overall challenge to purify ourselves, work with others in creating a Zion?
I do appreciate the comments of others, for it gives me input and direction, helps and encouragement also. We all need it. We need help. It took you many years, but as I view the condition of the world, I really don't believe that we have as long as you took to create a city, to create a Zion that our Savior will find as He returns with your City of Zion.
We need to be at work NOW. If it means creating a daily list how we can create Zion in our own lives, purify ourselves, then so be it, make the list. If it requires adding comments to this crazy blog just to remind us of our goals, so be it. Whatever each of us needs, we should dedicate ourselves to make progress toward it each day.
Happy Thanksgiving Enoch. We pause today and remember you, your selfless service, and your successes. Wish us luck, inspiration, and ultimate success. Please send help and direction for we all desire to be involved in those people who are a part of this glorious latter day Zion.
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Joseph Smith said that if every night you will pray to your Heavenly Father and thank him for ALL of the events of that day (yes all of the events good or bad), you will eventually find yourself in the Celestial Kingdom. How powerful would it be if at night we all, every single one of us, prayed and thanked our Father in Heaven. Talk about becoming a Zion people, and talk about the Lord recognizing that we understand that we are in need of Him. Imagine the blessings that would flow.
Well said Nate. It is something that should be on our minds every day, especially when we are talking to our Father.
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