New Years Resolutions

As I was thinking about New Years resolution that people usually make this time of year I thought how interesting it is that people always think about themselves and things that they do that are not uplifting when they make resolutions.

President George Q. Cannon says, "Now this is the truth. We humble People, we who feel ourselves sometimes so worthless, so good for nothing; we are not so worthless as we think. There is not one of us but what God's love has been expanded upon. There is not one of us that he has not cared for and caressed. There is not one of us that he has not desired to save and that he has not devised to save. There is not one of us that he has not given his angels charge concerning. We may be insignificant and contemptible in our own eyes and in the eyes of others, but the truth remains that we are the children of God and that he has actually given his angels, invisible being of power and mighty charge concerning us, and have us in their keeping."

The reason that I thought of this quote is because if we are making new years resolution to make changes because we think that we are not good people or excepted by someone else then we should rethink our resolutions. Our Father in Heaven does not care what we look like, our external appearances are not important in his eyes what is important is what and who we are on the inside that matters. If there is one thing I could say to all of my friends is that I love them for who they internally not because of who they are externally. One thing that I think that we all need to think about at this time of year is a poem titled Judge Gently.

The poem states:
Pray, don’t find fault with the man that limps or stumbles along the road. Unless you have worn the shoes he wears or struggled beneath his load. There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt though hidden away from view. Or the burden he bears placed on your back might cause you to stumble too. Don’t sneer at the man who’s down today unless you have felt the blow. That caused his fall or felt the shame that only the fallen know. You may be strong but still the blows that were his if dealt to you. In the selfsame way, at the selfsame time might cause you to stagger too. Don’t be to harsh with the man that sins or pelt him with words or stone. Unless you are sure-yea doubly sure-that you have no sins of your own. For you, perhaps, if the tempters voice should whisper as softly to you as it did to him when he went astray it might cause you to falter too.

Your New Years resolution might be different then what I am righting about but what I hope and pray is that you think of the gifts that you were given and that you can utilize those gifts and really show them to the world. Don’t worry about your faults don’t worry about other people faults just be the amazing person that I know you are inside. I love you all and happy new years.