Week 10

This week we read about Jesus' resurrection in Matthew 27 and 28, Mark 16,  and Luke 24. We also read John, chapters 1-3. I would like to focus my post today on a verse that is found in John 1:5.

When I read this verse, I immediately loved it. I thought that it was profound and that it described the life of Jesus Christ perfectly. The verse reads:

 "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."

The simplicity of this verse is also something that caught my attention because most things in the bible are not simple. They are hard to understand because the language is so much older than the words that we use now or because Jesus taught in parables, so this verse was something that was refreshingly simple.

What I love about this verse is that it talks about Jesus being the light of the world, but that the world didn't comprehend it. Jesus was a light to us because, as Elder Dallin H. Oaks stated, "Jesus Christ is the light and life of the world because all things were made by him. Under the direction and according to the plan of God the Father, Jesus Christ is the Creator, the source of the light and life of all things."

From reading this verse, I learned that we need to do our best to comprehend the light of the world, to see Jesus Christ in our lives and in the lives of the people around us, and to do our best to honor Him and His sacrifice.

This week's study principle:

Principles- When we read the scriptures, we need to look for things to learn and apply to our lives so that we can better live in the way that Heavenly Father would have us live