Are You Wearing Your Armor?
A Hero’s Journey
Everybody loves a hero.
Strength. Determination. Courage. Security. Confidence. Supernatural powers.
There’s something inside each of us that wants to become a little bit more like the hero of a story we’ve heard “once upon a time.”
So what does it take to become a hero?
Probably not a perfect life. Probably not a lot of money. Probably not a natural-born instinct that allows us to slide through life with ease.
No. Probably not.
Actually, the most common factor of what makes a hero a hero is pretty much the same exact same concept that creates the most vilest of villains. The concept can be summed up in one little word:
struggle
Pain. Disability. Loss. Sorrow. Grief. Loneliness. Fear.
While every villian of every story chose, at some point, to succumb to the depths of a life-altering struggle, every hero has chosen to overcome one.
And so can you.
You see…there’s a little bit of hero in us all.
Because you are a child of God, an eternal Father in Heaven, you have already been blessed with some pretty impressive supernatural powers.
I mean, you might not be able to fly or create alternate universes, but you have real spiritual strengths that others can literally see.
You hold within you a determination to rise above whatever your heartache may be. You alone can create security and instill confidence into those around you.
You can save and you can endure and you can become the best hero of your very own story, but it takes a journey, a story, a struggle, a choice to get there.
You CAN be a hero but, really, you already ARE one.
Where will your journey take you?
We’ve found some episodes from the Our Turtle House App that will help you learn to discover the hero within yourself. Click on the picture below to open each episode directly in your Our Turtle House App.
Preparing For Spiritual Battles
Today we are in a battle unlike any other battle.
This is a battle where only the strongest will survive.
We must prepare ourselves with the most durable armor, the most powerful weapons, and with the most indestructible shields that the enemy can only dream of!
We are in a war with the most vicious, power-hungry enemy that has ever existed. We do not know when he will attack, where he will attack, or what weapons of mass destruction he has hiding within his reach. We do not know how many warriors he will bring with him or what his plan of attack might be, so we. must. be. ready.
Sound a little “doom and gloom”? Perhaps. But these ARE the last days and the enemy IS fighting with everything he’s got to destroy us.
Ours is a spiritual battle. The enemy? The same enemy that attempted to destroy Adam and Eve. The same enemy that attempted to destroy Moses. The same enemy that attempted to destroy Mary Magdelene and Joseph Smith and a myriad of other souls who, like you, had an important role to play on this earth.
Satan. The enemy of all things.
Luckily, we have a loving Father in Heaven who gave us, and continues to give us, all the tools we need to fight this enemy.
A sword of truth. A breastplate of righteousness. A shield of faith. And so many other pieces of “spiritual armor” (Ephesians 6) that will protect us from the fiery darts of the adversary.
President N. Eldon Tanner once said:
“Examine your armor. Is there an unguarded or unprotected place? Determine now to add whatever part is missing. … Through the great principle of repentance you can turn your life about and begin now clothing yourself with the armor of God through study, prayer, and a determination to serve God and keep his commandments.”
President N. Eldon Tanner, “‘Put on the Whole Armor of God,’” Ensign, May 1979.
We found some other ways to prepare yourself for the spiritual battle that might lie ahead. Click on the following images to watch or listen to the following episodes on your Our Turtle House App today!
