Landmarks

I am notorious for choosing terrible landmarks when remembering where I parked my car. 

My kids call it classic Mom. 

George just rolls his eyes and helps me out.  

This morning my impulse was to remember I parked next to the Grove truck. 

Bad idea. 

Fortunately, I caught myself this time and chose a permanent light post that might actually still be there when I returned.

When we choose  guideposts in our spiritual lives, they need to be those that are fixed and unchanging.  

Friends and family are not, although good friends and family can certainly help us.

Fads and cultural norms are not, although they can have connections to some.

And many of today’s pop-cultural experts, even well-meaning, aren’t either.

But don’t take my word for it.

More than 30 years ago, Now-President Russell M

Nelson spoke of the need to find unchanging anchors in an ever-changing world.  “Unchanging principles are so because they come from our unchanging Heavenly Father. Try as they might, no parliament or congress could ever repeal the law of earth’s gravity or amend the Ten Commandments. Those laws are constant. All laws of nature and of God are part of the everlasting gospel. Thus, there are many unchanging principles.”

He explained that these include Priesthood, Divine Commandments, Moral Law, our eventual judgment, truth and family. 

“Constancy amid change is assured by heavenly personages, plans, and principles. Our trust can be safely anchored to them. They provide peace, eternal progression, hope, freedom, love, and joy to all who will be guided by them.”

Don’t wind up looking for an anchor that has long since fled the scene!