This morning, my history teacher said something along the lines of "Reading is not the same as studying. Studying takes time." This is as true for scriptures as it is for history books. Yes, you could just read them, and you might get something out of them, but if you really want to learn the material, you're going to have to take the time to study it.
I know this is hard to hear, especially for those of us who already have enough demands on our time. I'm not saying that just reading your scriptures isn't good enough. Reading your scriptures is a good thing, and if that's what you're doing now, that's great. But if you'd like to understand the scriptures better and get more out of them than you currently are, you're probably going to have to spend more time with them. I know that you may or may not have or be able to make more time for scripture study. If you literally can't make any more time for scripture study, or if you already study the scriptures for a considerable amount of time each day, then this message isn't for you. But if you find that you've been spending too much of your time online and not enough of your time in-tune with the Spirit, a shift in time-managerial priorities may be in order.
It's easier to just read scriptures than it is to study them. And it's even easier to just not read them at all. But you don't get much out of the scriptures at all. To really benefit from the scriptures, you're going to have to study them, or at least read them, even though, unfortunately, studying the scriptures takes time.
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Truly spoken. Time sometimes hard to come by, but well spent. I suspect, although sadly I have not really tested it, that time we give up to study the scriptures will be given back as our abilities to function in almost every area are magnified.
That sounds pretty nice. I hope it's true.
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