Scripture Study

Studying the Bible and Book of Mormon is not something new to me. I read them growing up, went through a phase where I wanted nothing to do with them, then I actually read the Book of Mormon and D&C on my own because I WANTED to. :) Now this is all great because I got into my own personal study habit, but after some time, it started to feel more repetitive and I wasn't getting as much out of reading as I would have liked to. The problem was that I didn't know how to go about doing that!

I have found my answer! :D I feel that Heavenly Father knew what I wanted and placed amazing people into my life in order to achieve this desire. I met my friends Julie, Cory, and Brandon who started inviting me to their group scripture study. I felt funny at first because I usually study by myself, and when I did read with people, I would simply read and then that was it. This study group was one of the best things that has happened to me in my life this past few months! Through my friends personal thoughts on scriptures and questions they come up with while reading, it has expanded my thought process. Now I find myself disecting each word and more questions are popping into my mind. There is a craving to re-read the scriptures more than I have felt in 2 years! I want to be able to not just have a testimony that the gospel is true, but I want to actually KNOW the stories from the prophets. If someone has a question, I want to be able to answer it to the best of my knowledge.

Sadly, I just moved to Idaho for the summer, so our study group wont be able to meet up until this fall. :( Happily, I have found my personal study improving greatly. It brings a lot of happiness into my life. I want to create a small study group up here as soon as I become friends with people in the singles branch. Until then, I will just keep on climbing and working on improving myself... no more plateuing in my spritual growth.