Conversion

Today in seminary we read 4 Nephi and we spoke abou how important conversion is. 

I love the quote sister McGruder gave us today because it really wraps up the whole meaning of conversion. There are few things that can impact a true conversion to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints but one of them is pride. At the beginning of 4 Nephi it discussed how happy the nephites and lamenites were after they had all been baptized and were living righteously. Quickly the lamenites began to be prideful and they lost all of their faith and started new churches and began criticizing the nephites and their beliefs. The nephites when quite a while before being effected but they began to be prideful too. When pride filled their hearts, the spirit left and contentions began in the land and there was unhappiness. I was really relating that to modern times and how there are few people who aren't prideful and are true members of the church. Not much has changed since the Lamenites began to be prideful and it's really sad but knowing how terrible pride is, it helps me remember to keep pride out of my heart and remember to love all of Gods children. "Pride is the great enemy of unitiy".