self control

Sooooo I have a friend that is teaching me about self control.
I hate it...self control that is. I have none.

My friend's mantra is "it is all about self control."

I have been thinking about that.

I used to thinking that THE big reason we are on Earth is to serve, I mean we can't get into the Celestral Room or Kingdom until we accept the atonement and repent (serve our self) and love(serve others).

I think that is a big part but only a part of it.

We are here to control.

Control our thoughts, bodies, appetites,actions and deeds.

When it comes to chocolate...or food for that matter I have no self control.... or should I say "long term self control". That is a sin.

The Word of Wisdom( D&C 89) is clear on the way we eat. It was inspired back in 1833 and is still to this day considered the top diet in the fighting cancer in the world(see Tanner 1981). Joseph Smith said that one day we will have to present and account before the Lord the use of our bodies (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, comp. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 181).

Ugh me standing before the Lord who hung on the cross like this saying;

"Ahhhhh well there were these really good treats....oh oh and BBQ chicken on the grill yum! Oh and well I hated every minute of excising. Heck I was too busy with those 7 kids you sent me"

Yeah that scripture in Proverbs about glutton.....I remember..... sorry
we tend to focus on the tobacco, drinks....but not the good stuff.

Control is key.

Sleep (hear that Benjamin), but not too much
“Cease to be idle; cease to be unclean; … cease to sleep longer than is needful; retire to thy bed early, that ye may not be weary; arise early, that your bodies and your minds may be invigorated” (D&C 88:124).

Clean bodies(regular baths/showers boys and girls).

standing before the Lord presenting my body...hmmmm

self control... need to improve on that


I always wanted self control and I want it and it now