This editorial in the Church News goes right along with what I've been thinking of this week! It is entitled Good Books, and here are some thoughts from the article:"Seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom" (Doctrine and Covenants 88:118).
While still a young man, Gordon B. Hinckley wrote of his personal love for language and books in 1937:
"It is both revealing and invigorating to occasionally set aside the worries of life, seek the company of a friendly book and mingle with the great of the earth, counsel with the wise of all time, look into the unlived days with prophets. . . . From the reading of 'good books' there comes a richness of life that can be obtained in no other way. . . . To become acquainted with real nobility as it walks the pages of history and science and literature is to strengthen character and develop life in its finer meanings" (Millennial Star, Dec. 21, 1937).
The scriptures should remain at the top of anyone's "best book" list. They contain the words of the Lord and the sacred writings of His prophets. The scriptures are, at once, personal and communal. They remind us we are not alone.
Check out this interesting site to help you manage and track your scripture reading.
1 comment:
Thanks for the encouragement to read, Vonnie! I'm convinced that the more good material one reads, the more intelligent he/she becomes, and the less good material one reads, the less intelligent he/she becomes.
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