2.224 The Law of Attraction is Real

In Matthew 5:13, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth, a bold reminder that our lives are meant to carry his flavor, his truth, and his love to the world. Join me each day to explore one verse of scripture and one thought, striving to stay full of savor and truly live as savory salt. Hello, my friends, it's great to have you with me.

Today, let's be anxiously engaged in a good cause and bring to pass much righteousness. My friends, I love Doctrine and Covenants section 88, and we are going to continue reading that this week, as well as Alma chapters 48 through 52. Let's dive straight into Doctrine and Covenants section 88.

And while we got 33 verses into the section yesterday before we came to our verse for today, we only got a few verses after that before we got to our second thought for today. Our verse for today is Doctrine and Covenants section 88, verse 40. We have talked about this principle before in Savory Salt, and it's time to readdress it through the lens of Doctrine and Covenants.

The verse says this in verse 40: "For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own; justice continueth its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things." Now first, can we just do a shout out that I just did that in one attempt and added all the eth's properly? So, shout out on that one. For those of you that don't understand, sometimes I read these verses over and over and over again and have to just keep editing them to get them properly done.

But verse 40, congratulations to me for hitting the eths throughout that verse, because there's a lot of them. But what is this verse talking about? Well, for many people, even outside of gospel principles, or those that have never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ before, there is what is called the universal law of attraction.

And that is that like things attract each other. And we see here that this universal law is actually a universal law as established by the Lord. Intelligence cleaving to intelligence, wisdom receiving wisdom, truth embracing truth, and so on.

Now, what do we learn inside of that? Well, what it means for us is that if we want these things in our lives, we must bring them into our lives. Even if it in a little bit, we can bring it into our life.

Could we say "line upon line and precept upon precept," as the scriptures would say? We can invite these things into our lives, and by doing so, we open the door for more of it to come. Now, if that doesn't quite make sense, I want to use Elder Dieter F.

Uchtdorf. In October of 2017, he said this in his talk, which is called "Bearers of Heavenly Light." I'll make sure that the link's inside of there for you. He says this, he says: "If you open your mind and heart to receive the light of Christ and humbly follow the Savior, you will receive more light.

Line upon line, here a little and there a little, you will gather more light and truth into your souls until darkness has been banished from your life." And in the footnote of that, he references this verse. He says: "Doctrine and Covenants 88:40 teaches that light cleaveth unto light. In other words, the more light, truth, wisdom, and virtue we receive, the more we will attract into our lives. 'He that receiveth light and continueth in God receiveth more light, and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day.'" And then he continues in his talk: "God will open your eyes.

God will give you a new heart. God's love, light, and truth will cause dormant things to spring to life, and you will be reborn into a newness of life in Christ Jesus. This is the ultimate remedy for spiritual sickness.

Darkness vanishes in the presence of light." The Lord has promised: "If your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things." My friends, if you want more of a particular attribute of Jesus Christ in your life, practice it, and you will invite more of it in your life. I hope that you and I can take some time to decide whether it's intelligence, wisdom, truth, virtue, light, mercy, whatever it is you are seeking to have more in your life, and to be a little more savory salt. May you find it as you continue to practice it and invite it in your life.

And may the Lord bless you to have an abundance of it going forward. That's all for today, my friends. Lift up your hearts and rejoice.

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