Elder Mkhabela taught on how we can act on Principles of the gospel which are the foundation for action. The key is in changing broad line principles into actions that impact specific people, either ourselves or others. Elder Maynes comment in support of Elder Mkhabela that as long as our faith is greater than our fear we can share that which is so precious to us.
Elder Maynes taught a practical and useful version of the Plan of Salvation that stressed the way that we begin to prepare to qualify ourselves for the Celestial Kingdom. He highlighted that there are Choices that we take, that over time become Habits, those Habits turn into Traditions and Traditions, over time, become our Culture. He also described and detailed that there are 42 things we need to do to be prepared to enter the Celestial Kingdom. (These are the required teachings in Preach my Gospel.)
He highlighted that we have a mixture of O’s and X’s. O’s are those celestial traditions and X’s are false traditions. Our church has a culture and a mixture of X’s and O’s. Some people bring these false traditions with them when they are converted. Each ward has a culture that has been built over time. Each family, in fact, my personal family has a combination of O’s and X’s. If we are to be prepared to enter the Celestial Kingdom we need to assess ourselves and our families and concentrate on removing X’s and adding O’s. He discussed different ways on how we can share the gospel. He challenged us to act. His focus was on us creating a Zion in our homes.
I took the opportunity to take a picture of Elder Maynes’ white board drawing. I am not sure he would necessarily be extremely happy with his artwork but it will be a constant reminder to me to seek improvement so that when the time comes, both Carolyn and I and also our family will be more prepared to enter the Celestial Kingdom.
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