Okay, so I don't really have a good excuse. I'm working hard so that I can graduate next month, I'm working on a few other projects, and I'm reading the New Testament at an accelerated rate--and I'm used to chewing my food slowly. But, there is something to be said about swallowing God whole. Though I'm afraid that I'm like Moses after his big vision, "And the presence of God withdrew from Moses...he fell unto the earth," it's a rush, but it leaves you exhausted. And, "Satan came tempting" (Moses 1:9,12) Big revelations are followed by big temptations.
But, I'm back in the game, and I think will continue doing person study, continue this search for God, by going back to where I left off in the Old Testament.
Before that though, just one observation. While I have been consuming the New Testament, I love how often the Gospels talk about Jesus going to a "desert place" or a "solitary place"--a sacred grove where He could be alone with God, receive strength, guidance, and peace. Which is why I appreciate this: "Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter" (Mark 1:45) That's what Christ does, right? He takes us to where He is, a clean place, a quiet place of peace and revelation and the face of God. That's the great commandment: Come unto me. Shall we not go?
Also, I've been a little busy working on a small paper/pamphlet called "Priesthood, A Brief History," which, using the scriptures, seeks to define and show examples of what priesthood is, anciently and in the modern day (according to an LDS understanding)
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