Lessons from Sunday School

These were actually quotes form Joel Osteen. (I am not sure how to spell his name, he is a radio personality.)

"Don't let anything steal your joy." and "Expect something good to happen everyday."

The first quote reminds me of a talk from Elder Bednar who spoke once about how we shouldn't choose to be offended and to get angry over small things. When we do, who are we really hurting besides ourselves? We allow those feelings to overcome the joy we should be feeling in our lives that comes through loving the Lord and knowing that he loves us. The joy that comes because of the hope that we have in the redemption and resurrection. If we will fill our lives with charity, the pure love of Christ, we will be filled with joy and nothing will be able to take it away.

The second quote reminds me of the Secret. If you have looked into that school of thought you may be able to see that the real Secret is to be filled with faith in God's promises that can be found in the scriptures. If we expect something good to happen everyday, it reminds us that our prayers are answered and our Heavenly Father is mindful of us constantly. This reminds me of Brother Stevenson's joke of the week:

He attended a religous parochial school as a child. One day in the lunch line, there was a basket of apples that had a sign which read, "take 1, remember, God is watching!" So he took one and as he went down the line farther, there was a basket of chocolate chip cookies. His friend turned to him and said, "take as many of these as you want because God is watching the apples!"