Challenge Accepted!

D. Todd Christopherson invited us to take on two invitation.

One Save money each week. The amount is not important. The habit of doing so and the small amounts will build over time.

The second invitation is to ponder a scripture each week. Pick a scripture and ponder it during the week. 

"Imagine doing this weekly for a month or a year. You will have a new spiritual perspective. Words and phrases will be written on your heart and mind. And memorising them will naturally. "

Well I am going to take it upon myself to do both challenges. 

I have been working on saving money for quite sometime, yet things keep happening that has caused me to use it. It would be nice to do it for a year and not have to use it.  Perhaps maybe to savings accounts are in order one I can use when I need and 1 I do not touch no matter what for at least a year. 

The second challenge I have never even heard of before but I like it. I choose three verse for my first week because they seem to go together and I am studying this part of Th Book Of Mormon right now in class. 

Nephi Chapter 16 Verse 1-3 

 1 And now it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had madean end of speaking 

to my brethren, behold they said untome: Thou hast declared unto us hard 

things, more than we are able to bear.

 2 And it came to pass that I said unto them that I knew that I had spoken hard

 things against the wicked,according to the truth; and the righteous have 

I justified,and testified that they should be lifted up at the last day; wherefore,

the guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.

 3 And now my brethren, if ye were righteous and were willing to hearken to the

 truth, and give heed unto it, that ye might walk uprightly before God, then ye 

would not murmur because of the truth, and say: Thou speakest hard things

 against us.

My Study Skill this week has been "List", So I have been listing possible reasons why people and myself would not listen to the truth.  First I asked the question?

Why would those who were not living the commandments have a hard time hearing the truth?

Some of the answers I have come up with are as follows;

Feel defensive because they knew they were not living right.

No one wants to be wrong.

No one wants to be told they are living wrong.

Self esteem is fragile when we are not humble.

It is hard to be humble

It is hard to admit when we are wrong.

It is easier to make an excuse for our behavior than it is to account for it. Having this attitude will result. in ; They will make their own truth to cover up the guilt. Eventually they will believe their own lies. 

Can  you think of more reasons?

Please share your thoughts?