Reflections of a True Millennial

So I deactivated my Facebook and now no one visits my blog. Oh well.      Well life is life. Right now is that stretch of time where you are so ready for the moment when the final school bell rings and you're free for three months, but you still have over a month to go in school. Looming tests and exams seem like distant fears that are just obstacles to get around before the freedom of summer. But these "obstacles" cause the pressure to rise as review sessions are held, homework increases, and studying inches its way further into the wee hours of the night. Juggling schoolwork, sleep, a social life, and Church becomes too much to handle. Often Church is pushed off to the side for the fear of failing school, the necessity of sleep, and the notion of not having a social life. What we are so quick to push away is actually so important. Scriptures and prayer become a second priority and up-keeping a sense of morals seems like to much of a burden in the overly moral-less soc

     Happy Easter to everyone!     This is one of the greatest times of the year, it is the time where we celebrate the most important event in history- the Atonement and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. At our Church this weekend, there was put on a performance of Act II of the play "Savior of the World." This play was produced in the year 2000 by the First Presidency of the Church as a testament of Christ and His life. Act II presents the time immediately following the death of Christ. Inexplicable grief is over the disciples of Christ as they mourn the fact that He has died. Mary Magdalene is grieving when Christ appears to her in the garden. At first she does not recognize Him, but when she feels it in her heart, she knows. Christ appears to others, and they as well do not recognize Him, except until they have felt His words in their hearts. The Apostle Thomas proclaims that he cannot believe Christ has risen until he has seen Him. When Jesus does appear, "[He said] unt