I have been hesitant to write about religious things for a long time now. I guess you might say I allowed the opinions of others to bother me... I didn't want to be one of those that trivialized the scriptures, or made life seem more perfect than it is. Being LDS does not mean everything is going to go smooth in your life. It's more realistic to say that it doesn't. But I was listening to a 2017 Time Out For Women talk, and in it Laurel C Day showed a clip of an address that Elder Holland gave. He said, "Be of good cheer. We are COMMANDED to be of good cheer." And I thought to myself, "Oops." I know that's something I've been lacking in, so I started looking for ways to have "good cheer," and I remembered that sharing what I've learned about gospel principles makes me happy. So I'm going to write this, and I am just going to hope that even though I tend to wax long winded on gospel subjects, it will be okay to th
Musings from an LDS Writer
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