followers of my faith [Mormon Monday 74]

President Faust gave an address in 1976 entitled "A Personal Relationship with the Savior." In it he said,

Recently in South America, a seasoned group of outstanding missionaries was asked, “What is the greatest need in the world?” One wisely responded: “Is not the greatest need in all of the world for every person to have a personal, ongoing, daily, continuing relationship with the Savior?” Having such a relationship can unchain the divinity within us, and nothing can make a greater difference in our lives as we come to know and understand our divine relationship with God.

I like the imagery of unchaining the divinity within us. We can start to reach our full potential if we will drink deeply of living water -- become closer to Christ.

Then President Faust gave "five beginning, essential measures which will greatly clear the channel for a daily flow of “living water” from the very source of the spring, even the Redeemer Himself."
Here's what he said:

1) A daily communion involving prayer.
2) A daily selfless service to another.
3) A daily striving for increased obedience and perfection in our lives.
4) A daily acknowledgement of His divinity.
5) A daily study of the scriptures.

I'm sort of getting the impression that all of these things should be happening daily. (That kind of reminds me of the Pi(e) Day party I went to on Saturday. We made "What I'm Looking For" pie charts. In order to give myself plausible deniability I prefaced each category with "acceptable." "Acceptable height," "acceptable disdain for pets," "acceptable handsomeness," etc.) Five simple things can't be that hard to do every day! We already do five things every day...most of us...like brush our teeth, eat some food, go to work.

So that's something to consider.