Components of Change

The new Come, Follow Me manual says "The aim of all gospel learning and teaching is to deepen our conversion to Jesus Christ and help us become more like Him. ... This means relying on Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ to help us change our hearts, our views, our actions, and our very natures."

Change is required in all four of those components. A change of heart or views is nothing without a change of action, and a change of action is hollow without a change of heart. And any of these changes would be, at best, temporary, unless we change out natures as well. Granted, these changes take time, especially since we're trying to change in so many areas at once. But these changes build on each other. A change of heart naturally leads to change of action, if we let it, and as we maintain these changes through conscious effort, our natures with gradually change to match.

We have many changes head of us. Let's try to make sure that every part of us is steadily working on changing for the better.