In last October's 2015 General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Elder Devin G. Durrant, the first counselor in the Sunday School General Presidency, invited all his listeners to increase our personal rewards or blessings in this life through two invitations. In his talk, titled "My Heart Pondereth Them Continually", the first invitation was to save up an amount of money weekly, while his second invitation was to ponder a verse of scripture also weekly.
I made this blog for the purpose of expressing my thoughts on my own weekly scripture. Now, even when I am without my journal, if I have my phone, I have no excuse to forget to ponderize.
The word ponderize is not found in a dictionary (at least not yet), but was coined by Elder Durrant to mean the process of pondering a weekly chosen scripture. In his own words, to ponderize is "a combination of 80 percent extended pondering and 20 percent memorization."
As I make this effort to ponderize, I hope to attain the promised blessing of increased spirituality by gaining a deeper understanding of gospel principles, to delight in the scriptures or in other words, making dear friends out of the words of Christ (whether they be given directly from Christ or the words of his servants), and gain the ability to teach and love/cheer up those I care about in more meaningful ways. I hope that I will do as Jesus Christ has asked, that I may "Do the things which ye have seen me do." That I may apply the words of the Son of God more fully into my mind, heart and life.
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