You NEVER Check Your Religion at the Door!

This past Sunday I had the opportunity to go to the Marriott Center and watch the broadcast of the CES Devotional given by Elder Holland. Let me just say, wow. What a talk. The spirit was there and thriving. Elder Holland is an amazing speaker. A powerful speaker. A "to the point" kind of speaker. It is always so refreshing sometimes to be told straight out what you could be doing better. One of my favorite parts was when he told us to NEVER check our religion at the door. Here are a few quotes from that section of his talk.

 Lesson #1 – “For the establishment of Zion in the twenty first century you NEVER check your religion at the door! Not EVER! My young friends, that kind of discipleship cannot be, it is not discipleship at all. As the Prophet Alma has taught the Young Women of the church to declare every week in the young woman’s theme, we are to stand as witnesses of God at all times and in all things and in all places that ye be in. NOT just some of the time, in a few places, or when our team has a big lead. Check your religion at the door? I was furious.”

Lesson #2 – “Someone has to live their religion, or else all we get is a bunch of idiots acting like moral pygmies [an unusually small individual]. Look, it’s easy to be righteous when you’re calm and life is good and everything is smooth. The test is when there is real trial or temptation. When there is pressure and fatigue, anger and fear, or the possibility of REAL transgression. Can we be faithful then? That is the question because Israel, Israel,God is calling.” 

Really? Check your religion at the door?

I am so grateful for Latter-day Prophets and Apostles on the earth today to be one kind of medium between me and my Heavenly Father. The church is true!