Armor of God

I've got to get my talk done (and lesson prepared) for this week, so I'll focus on those things here. Conference was quite good. I hope you enjoyed it.

Amazing that the whole thing is online immediately when it's done. No waiting around.

I think it's critical that we're to take on the "whole armor of God". In the verses there is armor that protects our head, feet, loins, chest and a sword and shield to cover everything else. Basically, everything is covered in some way, plus there's a potential "offensive" component (not just defensive as most armor is) to the armor (a sword).

This idea of the whole armor makes me think of a few ideas:

1) Our commandments are fairly comprehensive. Most areas are covered by the commandments, particularly when you think about the 13th article of faith and needing to enjoy things that are good.

2) The Sermon on the Mount certainly goes into great detail about the right things to do and things to avoid.

3) Pres. Monson's talk in priesthood session mentioned multiple things we shouldn't do in order to be happy. He even said, "don't do anything you wouldn't be proud of."

I think the plan will be to come up with some stories about how to have the whole armor of God.

A few that come from the top of my head: In LA I would run to work sometimes. There was a gym on the way. If I read scriptures that morning it was 10x more likely that I would choose to not run by the gym or look in than if I didn't. (Now certainly the gym isn't pornographic, and I wouldn't just be checking people out, but I would notice how pretty the women were (or weren't). I don't know why scriptures have such a profound impact on my mind and actions, but they do. Probably because they bring the Spirit.

I'll share a couple more stories later. It'll help me decide which ones to tell.

Have a great day and try to put the whole armor on. :)