it's like adding snow tires and 4-wheel drive. Sometimes, even with the gospel in our lives, we slide out of control on the snow; but with 4-wheel drive and snow tires we are able to get back on the road again when we are stuck. There are times when we can't get "unstuck" so we have to call a friend. How is this any different from life when it gets rough? As the snow falls and gets deeper (or as life gets harder and it seems more and more trials and tribulations are being heaped upon you), it gets harder to keep control of the car. Just when it starts getting ridiculous, the snowplows come. If we are sincerely trying to live the gospel, Christ will be there to help. Just as the children of Israel had to get their feet before the river would part the second time, we also need to "get our feet wet" and not expect Christ to step in before we have taken the first steps. If we don't call a friend to help us out when we get stuck in a snowbank or we drive through the backroads we know won't be plowed when it snows, how do we get the help we need?
Monday, December 29, 2008
A sure foundation
While driving home from work a few days ago I turned a corner and worked, once again, on straightening the tires and not sliding all over the road. My car doesn't have very good traction and no snow tires or chains. As I was going through this routine, I realized that driving on snow is a lot like the gospel. If we don't have the gospel in our life, we are like a car sliding all over the road, sometimes going off the road when things get bad. On the other hand, if we read the scriptures and pray often, 
it's like adding snow tires and 4-wheel drive. Sometimes, even with the gospel in our lives, we slide out of control on the snow; but with 4-wheel drive and snow tires we are able to get back on the road again when we are stuck. There are times when we can't get "unstuck" so we have to call a friend. How is this any different from life when it gets rough? As the snow falls and gets deeper (or as life gets harder and it seems more and more trials and tribulations are being heaped upon you), it gets harder to keep control of the car. Just when it starts getting ridiculous, the snowplows come. If we are sincerely trying to live the gospel, Christ will be there to help. Just as the children of Israel had to get their feet before the river would part the second time, we also need to "get our feet wet" and not expect Christ to step in before we have taken the first steps. If we don't call a friend to help us out when we get stuck in a snowbank or we drive through the backroads we know won't be plowed when it snows, how do we get the help we need?
it's like adding snow tires and 4-wheel drive. Sometimes, even with the gospel in our lives, we slide out of control on the snow; but with 4-wheel drive and snow tires we are able to get back on the road again when we are stuck. There are times when we can't get "unstuck" so we have to call a friend. How is this any different from life when it gets rough? As the snow falls and gets deeper (or as life gets harder and it seems more and more trials and tribulations are being heaped upon you), it gets harder to keep control of the car. Just when it starts getting ridiculous, the snowplows come. If we are sincerely trying to live the gospel, Christ will be there to help. Just as the children of Israel had to get their feet before the river would part the second time, we also need to "get our feet wet" and not expect Christ to step in before we have taken the first steps. If we don't call a friend to help us out when we get stuck in a snowbank or we drive through the backroads we know won't be plowed when it snows, how do we get the help we need?
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you are going to make a terrific missionary!
ReplyDeleteThat was a very good analogy. You're going on a mission? That is neat!
ReplyDeletesomeday, yes. I can send in my papers the end of May! :)
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