R-O-W

From: Paul Ludy
paulvludy@gmail.com


R-O-W

We
need to ROW harder now than ever before!

R—Repentance

O—Obedience

W—Willingness

R

Have
we heard many voices calling for repentance today? This verse is still valid:

“If
my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14). One of our wicked ways is
to think that we don’t have any wicked ways!

O

Why
did the writers of the Book of Mormon repeat this admonition over and over?

“Inasmuch
as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall prosper in the land” (2 Nephi 1:34).

Are
we also slow learners? Remember that “prosper” means much more than obtaining wealth.

W

Have
the Saints lost their desire to seek first to build up the Kingdom of God?

“Behold,
the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind; and the willing and obedient shall eat the good of the land of Zion in these last days” (Doctrine and Covenants 64:7a). Don’t forget that the Nephites willfully rebelled against God after they knew His commandments, and they suffered His judgment.

We
need to ROW harder now than ever before!