I guess I could blame society. I could blame my upbringing or my lack of opportunity. I could blame any number of things for my lack of understanding of the gospel. Perhaps I will always be trying to understand a very large portion of the basics. 
       But one thing I have started to realize is that, in addition to knowing very little of the doctrine of the books of God, I also believe that they have a very, very wide application. They apply to the Jew, the Gentile; they apply to Black and White; they apply to you... and they apply to me. 
       I like to think that I understand that I know why these book were written - that they were written to bring us salvation. But more accurately, I would say that I know the right answer, and that I don't fully understand the scope of either the Book of Mormon or the Bible. 
       Perhaps its the fact that I'm prideful. Maybe its because I am just thick-headed. But it has taken me a long time to even get a glimpse of the notion that maybe there is a God out there who is eternally interested in my welfare. It is almost unfathomable to believe that someone else seems to be personally vested in my life and my salvation and perhaps more. My Creator sacrificed Himself for "dust of the earth". Indeed, without Him, not only would I feel like nothing, I would be nothing. 
       He has made me what I am and is the reason that I can be more. He is the root and cause of my potential salvation.

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