Teacher's corner

Kristy brought 2 backpacks to her lesson on the 2nd coming and Millennium. One was a gnarly 72-hr kit that you could use for a few weeks. The other was empty. She talked of physical preparation but showed us that spiritual preparation is very important. Like the 10 virgins, who were all members of the church, we need to fill our spiritual backpack with those things that will admit us to the presence of the Savior. These things included:

• obedience
• temple recommend
• scripture study
• good works
• Family Home Evening and related family righteousness
• the commandments

These posessions take up very little physical room, but they are very "fat" spiritually. They are so important that they must be worked on continually.

As members of the church, we hope that obedience will keep us physically and spiritually safe. We know, however, that we cannot escape all tribulation in these last days. But we obey the prophet and keep doing our spiritual exercises with an optimistic eye toward embracing and shaping the future. It is possible and even expected that we can live joyously as we rise above the evil which sinks below us.