A Vast Ocean of Light and Knowledge

I wrote and shared a daily Spiritual thought every single day of 2021. All together, the word count of every spiritual thought I wrote last year comes to 126,657, which is the longest single thing I’ve ever written and if you were to put it into a book, it would be somewhere between Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and The Return of the King in terms of word count length. I wrote these spiritual thoughts from a hospital bed, hooked up to IVs and oxygen,  and in line at Universal Studios while sipping butterbeer. I wrote them right before a funeral and on my birthday. I wrote them whether I felt worthy or not, whether I felt inspired or not, whether I was tired or bored or anxious or grieving or throwing up. I can’t tell you how many times I would settle on some topic, only to be convinced that I had already written about it five or ten times, but then I would do a ctrl+F search of the key phrase I was planning to write about and find nothing. I testify that there is a vast ocean of light and knowledge and truth that the Lord has ready to pour out upon His sons and daughters who come to Him. I testify that no matter our circumstances, if we ask, we will receive. I’ve probably read the Book of Mormon all the way through at least 20 to 30 times, in half a dozen different languages, and yet I still discover new truths that I had never before considered, or rediscover old truths that I had forgotten. I’ve read the whole Bible all the way through, and the Doctrine and Covenants all the way through at least five to ten times and still I find new truths. I typically read the General Conference talks five or six times before the next set comes out, sometimes in different languages, and I find new truths each time. I will never fully know what kind of impact my commitment to seek out and write down every single day inspiration from the Lord will have on those who choose to read my words, but I can say with absolute certainty that it has been a blessing in my life to be tutored daily by the Spirit and I have been so grateful for the opportunity to share what nuggets of truth I’ve been able to receive every day. I look forward to another year of asking and seeking and knocking, and another year of receiving and finding and having the riches of God’s light and knowledge opened up to me. I can testify with Joseph Smith and with James that if any lack wisdom, let them ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not. I have asked of God and He has given liberally, day after day after day. I’m so grateful to everyone who has encouraged me in the past year and for all those who will continue to do so in the year to come. I know that I haven’t yet even scratched the surface of wisdom and understanding and light and truth and knowledge that the Lord wishes to reveal to me and to all of us, but I’m so deeply humbled that each day I get to add one more line and one more precept. “Therefore, that we should waste and wear out our lives in bringing to light all the hidden things of darkness, wherein we know them; and they are truly manifest from heaven - These should then be attended with great earnestness. Let no man count them as small things; for there is much which lieth in futurity, pertaining to the saints, which depends upon these things. You know, brethren, that a very large ship is benefited very much by a very small helm in the time of a storm, by being kept workways with the wind and the waves. Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power, and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed.” (D&C 123:13-17).