An Easiness and Willingness to Believe

My thoughts on Elder Ringwood's talk "An Easiness and Willingness to Believe"

The last talk was about keeping the change of heart and this one is about getting that change in heart.

"As I pondered what caused this mighty change in the hearts of these Lamanites, I came to realize this easiness and willingness to believe in the word of God comes from a softness of heart. It comes from having a heart that is sensitive to the Holy Ghost. It comes from having a heart that can love. It comes from having a heart that will make and keep sacred covenants. It comes from a soft heart that can feel the power of the Atonement of Christ."

We are to sacrifice a broken heart and contrite spirit. That is what is required today for our sacrifice. That is what is required for us to become true believers.

How do we become like those who have an easiness and are willing to believe?

Elder Ringwood tells us:
"If you are like me, you will find what really brought an easiness and willingness to believe were not the circumstances but the commitment to live the gospel during these periods of life. You were found more often on your knees and immersed in the scriptures during these periods. You found it easier to gather for family home evening and family prayer. You found it easy to be in church and to worship in the temple. You found it easy to pay tithes and offerings. Indeed, the daily living of the gospel brings a softness of heart needed to have an easiness and willingness to believe the word of God."

I had a conversation with a friend about this but we didn't know it. She said it was really hard for her family to have regular family home evening. They had never made it a priority and because they homeschool it was like an extension of school only with dad (if he was home from work). But she had a friend who never missed family home evening. But when it came to tithing the two are just the opposite. My friend doesn't see it as a burden and doesn't give it a second thought as she writes out the monthly check. Her faithfully holding FHE friend on the other hand, has the most difficult of time writing out that check. And I have no problem doing either of those.

I can only hope that I have passed on the ease and willingness to believe to my children, much like my mother did to me.