Go Ye Therefore

My thoughts on Sister Allred’s talk “Go Ye Therefore”

I’m not very missionary minded—never have been and it will probably take a child on a mission to even get me to say anything to my friends. I think the biggest hang up is that most of my friends are members. I don’t work, do PTSA, visit a local coffee shop, etc and I hang out with people who share the same religion as I do. Yes, I coach soccer, but I coach the kids and seldom interact with the parents. I actually know them better as “Bob’s Mom” or “Molly’s Dad” than Mr. and Mrs. So when I hear talks like this I often tend to dismiss them and for the most part I dismissed this talk as well.

But something struck me. “Every day after school, we would race home to get to the book first.” Do I “race” to get to “the book”? Do I set aside time to drown in The Book of Mormon? And if I don’t what is stopping me? What am I doing instead of that?

I needed this reality check to get me back on track of “racing home” to read “the book”.