I Love BYU

I'm learning SO much at college. It's crazy to think about.  Right now, I want to talk about my BoM class.  Brother Griffin is AMAZING! Even after only two classes, I've already learned new ways to think about things and it's really really cool! Here's some of the stuff I wrote in my scripture journal this week:
Something I really liked in lectures this week was a comment Bro. Griffin made about the veil.  He mentioned how, when we see Heavenly Father again, we will be shocked by how well we know Him.  We will wonder how it's possible that we ever forgot Him.  Bro. Griffin said the veil is thick enough to stop us from remembering a lot of what we know about Him.  Then he said: "I hope we can help make that veil a little thinner, help you see yourself a little more how God sees you."  I really liked the idea that, as we seek and learn about our Father, we can, in a sense, "thin the veil" and know more of Him, bringing ourselves closer to Him.

1 Nephi 3:7.  "I will go and do the things which the Lord has commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commanded them.  I know this is a very widely used verse, and I have thought about it before, but new meaning came from it as I read it today.  While I was in my Humanities class, my professor was discussing the important of general education.  She mentioned how the people who come up with the required generals BYU students have to take are on the board of trustees.  These people are apostles. So, our "generals" are part of what God wants us to learn.  He doesn't give a commandment without preparing a way for us to accomplish it.  In other words, we can do it! *I* can do it.  Because He has prepared a way for me to succeed. It was a powerful moment.

I can already tell that this class is going to be very different for me than high school seminary was. Not to downgrade seminary, I absolutely Love it too!  I'm really enjoying my time at BYU and am gaining a new excitement for culture and learning.
Tata for now!
Kiki