In this life where it is so easy to be overcome by darkness and despair, it is crucial to any person's well-being, especially spiritual well-being, by surrounding ourselves with good things that will light up our life. One of the best ways to fill our life with light is to learn how to live according to God's laws, and allow His spirit into our homes by acting righteously. While reading the scriptures this week, I was reminded to take a closer look around me, and make an effort to clear out any junk that is distracting me from the Savior and filling my life with a dark haze. By taking the time to think of good things and remember the Savior, I will be spending less time thinking of unclean things which will help me to stay away from temptation.
From the New Testament Paul teaches the people through letters many principles on how to become full of light and to do right by God. Specifically, while he writes to the people of Corinth, and it can be learned that only fully clean can inherit the kingdom and salvation of God (1 Corinthians 6:9-11), which comes from following Christ and keeping His commandments - in other words, doing righteous actions - and one way to help ourselves have our surroundings filled with light is to associate with righteous people (1 Corinthians 5; 6:15-17).When we surround ourselves with good people, then we also shall do good and have less temptation.
It is not only important to surround ourselves with good people, but good things that will uplift us.
Surrounding ourselves with many good things will help each of us succeed in mortality and learn more of God, helping us to become more like Him. As we are true to our divine natures and become more like Christ, then we will most assuredly be able to stand before God in the last days with honor and grace, our countenances filled with light.
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