𝐎𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 – the key that opens every door.

Yet, 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 is not a positive word these days.

Generally, I have found the Dutch (and I love them) do not want anyone telling them what to do!

𝐎𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: “compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another’s authority.”

From Antwerp to Utrecht, over the last couple of days – I’ve shared a quote from Boyd K. Packer that states “𝐎𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 is a powerful spiritual medicine. It comes close to being a cure-all.”

From “every door” to “cure-all.”

I want some of that.

Do you?

This is an exciting time to be a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

And even more so to serve as a full time missionary.

We are blessed to able to serve day in, day out with approximately 120 voluntary missionaries here in Belgium and the Netherlands.

They are remarkable.

Each of them has an obedient heart.

Learning of it, with exactness in our youth is “powerful spiritual medicine” that can and does act as a guide for each of them as they chart their journey through life.

“If you want to learn to fly an aeroplane, learn and follow the laws that govern gravity.

If you want to operate on the human heart, learn and follow the laws that govern the human body.

If you want to be happy, learn and keep the commandments.

It becomes a rather simple formula” – said Russell M. Nelson.

For your journey through life, one of the first things you need to know is this…

“There is a law, irrevocably decreed in heaven before the foundations of this world, upon which all blessings are predicated.

And when we obtain any blessing from God, it is by 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 to that law upon which it is predicated. (Doctrine & Covenants 130:20–21)

Please ponder that thought.

It states unmistakably the fact that there are principles upon which promises are predicated, and that obedience is the key to receiving blessings.

My experience is this – 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 with exactness, always brings safety and inner peace.

I hope that each of us will choose to follow the simple formula of 𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 throughout our life.