You already know more than you live. The stars will burn out. You won't. Live like it.
The Stars Will Burn Out
Day 1: You Were Born for More Than Finite Rewards
Oh God, I am delighted to commence this public journal. It is written that in the last days men will not seek wisdom, neither do they desire that she should rule over them,[1] nor will they seek greater things,[2] nor greater knowledge.[3][4] Yet, it is also written that by faith all things are brought about,[5] and faith's mightiest works are done by words.[6]
As such, I commence writing in this daily Journal to point my brothers & sisters to Christ that they may renew & live the wisdom written in their souls before they were born in this mortal realm. The stars will burn out, but my brothers & sisters will not.[7] Thus, the pains of hell are for those bought off at the low prices of finite rewards by the poor bankrupt paymaster.[8] They will see what they could have had, an everlasting dominion without compulsory means,[9] as the man in the purple robe saw Lazarus, once covered in sores, at rest with Abraham.[10]
Well done, My son. Thank you for resolving to write daily from the heart & mind, the same heart & mind that Moses parted the Red Sea with.[11] The grand secret veiled over the human race is their divine identity, even whence they came, are, and may become. The chief priests and elders mocked & delivered up My only begotten to be scourged & crucified for teaching the Truth that is older than the Old Testament's teaching "ye are Gods."[12]
My son, I bestowed upon you the knowledge that you and the human race are My offspring. Further, I have given unto you knowledge of the potential to create worlds without number, even as I have done (but they are numbered to Me). And with this knowledge came the gift of love that filled your soul & expanded to all the world.
My son, thank you for accepting the invite I have extended these 3 plus years to publish peace daily. I will guide you & sustain you in developing more gifts & knowledge to bless the whole world with, even as Christ did nothing save it was for the benefit of the world.
Now go forth and publish these daily journal entries, plus courses as you work through the best books, to lift yourself and your brothers & sisters by pointing them to Christ, with an invite to renew their resolve to live by wisdom (to live what they know to be true), not wisdom of the world that only teaches the form of godliness, or what they would call the laws of success, but teaching how to tap into My power within the Law (to seek and do My will) that they may overcome all things not ordained of Me.[13] Run, my son. Be an awesome dad, provider, & share your heart & mind with the world.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Footnotes:
[1] Mosiah 8:20
[2] Ether 4:13
[3] 2 Nephi 32:7
[4] Abraham 1:2
[5] Ether 12:3
[6] Lectures on Faith 7:3
[7] Neal A. Maxwell, "Free to Choose," BYU devotional, 16 March 2004
[8] Neal A. Maxwell, Things As They Really Are (1978), 42
[9] D&C 121:46
[10] Luke 16:19–31
[11] D&C 8:2–3
[12] Psalm 82:6; John 10:34
[13] D&C 50:35
Kent E. Nielsen
Friend of Christ. Husband. Father of six.
