Foundation

As you all have guessed by the title I am sure you all realize this post is about the religious implications of make up.

Or maybe not, I'm just really tired so my mind has to say one stupid thing at least.

So what I am really talking about is about all the times it talks about Christ being our sure foundation. Christ is the rock upon which if we build we shall not fall. And who can forget the primary song of "The Wise man built his house upon the rock, the wise man . . ." or the hymn "How Sure a Foundation"? This also makes sense of the great and spacious building in Lehi's vision having no foundation since Christ is the sure foundation. So on this topic my mind started to wonder what happens when a person picks and chooses which part of Christ's doctrine they want to follow. Choosing which parts of the gospel that fit with their desires, and disregarding the rest. They would have some foundation, but not much.

My mind basically decided that Christ would mean a foundation is 100% rock, and 100% sturdy and safe. Having absolutely no Christ would be the foundation of sand. So thinking about it I've decided each lifestyle decision a person makes that is not in accordance with Christ slowly changes their foundation from rock to sand. So the foundation would be mostly sure after one or two choices, but not completely sure. So when the rains and storms came the house upon the foundation with a few impurities would most likely still stand, but not necessarily. Lets say there is a trial that shakes a person's life, so in the figurative sense it is shaking their house. So I think that using this train of thought trials which are strong enough to shake a person would be a metaphorical earth quake. And this made me think instantly of liquefaction. A few particles of sand in the rock is enough to cause the foundation to become a mud hole when an earthquake hits. The foundation would not be able to support the house, or in the real since the person.

So what could these impurities be. One that everyone does, including and especially me, is speeding. Is it against the law and thusly against our religion. Its a truth most people don't like or agree with, but there is no possible way to acutally justify it. It is one small impurity though, so it probably would not destroy a person. But when you speed you can't be protected by the spirit in the same way, and it could lead to death. Another is smaller lies, things that don't really matter. Again, its a small amount of sand, something that doesn't fully affect anything. But if a person is caught in a half lie it leads to distrust which is never good for anyone.

So this is how I view these things, sure people can do what they want. I will put a couple of references though of what I think about it all though. And keep in mind, to me these things are mainly lifestyle choices, not the small mistakes, and that I do them to. I am just saying it as I see it.

References to look at (I might add some later soon)

2 Nephi 28: 7-9 (yea, justify in comitting a little sin)
June's First Presidency Message