Seek The Lord Often

I was reading today and I was struck by how the Lord doesn't turn anyone away. I feel that as church members, perhaps we have turned some of our gay brothers and sisters away. The Lord hasn't commanded any that they should not partake of his salvation. On conditions of repentance. All men are privileged the same. NONE are forbidden. All are alike unto God 2 Nephi 26   25   Behold, doth he cry unto any, saying: Depart from me? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; but he saith:   a Come  unto me all ye  b ends  of the earth,  c buy  milk and honey, without money and without price. 26  Behold, hath he commanded any that they should  a depart  out of the synagogues, or out of the houses of worship? Behold, I say unto you, Nay. 27  Hath he commanded any that they should not partake of his  a salvation ? Behold I say unto you, Nay; but he hath  b given  it free for  all men; and he hath commanded his people that they shou...

Planes are the ultimate meditation space. The best place to escape the earth, quite literally. In the clouds, your thoughts can be free from the bustle of life on the ground. Here you can ponder. You can pray. You can put your deepest desires out into the universe or up to your God. Here you can open a window to your heart and soul and leave behind the shackles that chain you to your electronics and ofttimes stress-inducing obligations. Wi-Fi is hard to come by. Inspiration and pondering though are right within your grasp. The veil between heaven and earth within your mind can be thin if you open your being and allow yourself to feel. Reach into your very soul and voice your greatest desires silently in a plea to your maker. He knows you better than you know yourself. But he still wants to hear from you. You will never be too much for God. He will always listen and he has infinite patience. While your fixations and worries may weary others, they will never weary your father in heaven. ...

 I've been pondering a lot about how hard it is for me to wrestle with the fact that those who are gay are not able to marry those they love. That they cannot be saved in the highest degree of the celestial kingdom and be married to someone of their same sex. I've asked myself how a loving God could send anyone to earth gay and then make a plan that excludes them from exaltation. That does not seem fair. How are we to fully love someone and accept them if our very doctrine excludes them? Perhaps this is our Abrahamic trial. He was asked to sacrifice his son even though he didn't know why. He was obedient and went through. Only when he was about to kill his son was he stopped. Sometimes the things God asks us to uphold and believe may not seem logical. Perhaps that is the case with the church's stance on gay marriage. 2 Nephi 25:24-26 24  And, notwithstanding we believe in Christ, we  a keep  the law of Moses, and look forward with steadfastness unto Christ, until the...