The Keystone...

Alright ya'll, I found another quote that I got and put in my scriptures when I was in seminary! It's a good one. It definitely makes more sense to me now than it did back then, I guess you could say it means more to me now than it did back then. It's about the Book of Mormon and since I am now in the process of reading it, it seems fit to put this on my blog.


"There are three great reasons why Latter-day Saints should make the study of the Book of Mormon a lifetime pursuit...

"The first is that the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion. This was the Prophet Joseph Smith's statement. He testified that 'the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion.' A keystone is the central stone in an arch. It holds all the other stones in place, and if removed, the arch crumbles...

"The second great reason why we must make the Book of Mormon a center focus of study is that it was written for our day. The Nephites never had the book; neither did the Lamanites of ancient times. It was meant for us...

"The third reason why the Book of Mormon is of such value to the Latter-day Saints is given in the same statement by the Prophet Joseph Smith cited previously. He said, 'I told brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by it's precepts, than by any other book.' That is the third reason for studying the book. It helps us to draw nearer to God. Is there not something deep in our hearts that longs to draw nearer to God, to be more like Him in our daily walk, to feel His presence with us constantly? If so, then the Book of Mormon will help us do so more than any other book...

"It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path. The scriptures are called 'the words of life(D&C 84:85)' and nowhere is that more true than it is in the Book of Mormon. When you begin to hunger and thirst after those words, you will find life in greater and greater abundance."

-President Ezra Taft Benson



Now, you can't tell me this quote doesn't make you want to go and read the BOM. It does, I know it does. Maybe you're like me...I never really had read it before cause it was hard to understand and I honestly didn't have that much knowledge of it or the scriptures in general, but honestly that doesn't matter as long as you are willing to learn and open your heart to what it has to say. You just need to have TRUE faith in the things that it does say and know that it is true. Just read it, I promise you have time. You won't regret it! :)