So this semester, I am taking a religion class called Christ and the Everlasting Gospel. For this class, I will be writing a post every week sharing something that I've learned. So without further ado...
Oh, the title this week comes from something that Brother Griffin said in class, which I liked. I think the title each week will be something funny that he said during the past week.
On Thursday, Brother Griffin said, at some point in the lecture, "If you're on the same boat as the Savior, it's not going down." This week, I've been reading about Alma and Amulek (Alma 14), and at the end, when they come out of the prison rubble unscathed, it reinforced this truth to me that if we're on the Lord's side, we will be okay. This doesn't mean that life will be easy, as if it ever is. I mean, the prison didn't fall apart the very first day Alma and Amulek were put in. They had to wait and suffer in there for a little while first. But in the end, it will be worth it.
This week, we've seen Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Jose, as well as the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, as well as lots of fires and the earthquakes in Idaho and other disasters. I can't imagine being in a boat in a hurricane, but our world today can very much feel like we're in a hurricane or like the world is falling down around us. And I don't doubt that Alma and Amulek were probably a little concerned when the walls and the roof were falling down around them, but they trusted in the Savior, and none of the falling debris hurt them. If we're in the Savior's ship, we can take courage that it's not going down, and that it'll be okay in the end.
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