The Gospel of Tess

" For the  natural   man  is an  enemy  to God , and has been from the  fall  of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he  yields  to the enticings of the  Holy Spirit , and  putteth  off the  natural  man and becometh a  saint  through the atonement of Christ the Lord , and becometh as a  child ,  submissive , meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father." Mosiah 3:19 (emphasis added) Last week as I sat in church the spirit brought this scripture to my mind from two different directions. The first was the phrase about becoming like a little child. This scripture describes children as "submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things...." I would add that children are resilient and joyful, even choosing joy over bitterness when they face hardship....

As my first post I figure I should address the seemingly sheer arrogance that is the title "the gospel of Tess." Like wow, ok, so Tess thinks she's writing scripture now? Noooooo...I like to say "this is the gospel of Tess" whenever I'm sharing my own personal spiritual insights that I don't know are necessarily doctrinally sound. Which also sounds bad. OK let's just call it this: the gospel of Matthew is Matthew's experiences and observations as he followed Christ, right? That's all this is. My experiences, observations, insights, etc. as I try to be a disciple of Christ.  I feel like as people are converted to Christ it builds in them a desire to share what they learn. Maybe that's just me, so we'll call it a tenet of the gospel of Tess. I feel compelled to share. But it doesn't make it doctrine for everybody. Just for me, Tess. So first and foremost...I really like Jesus Christ. His gospel has brought me newfound joy as I have ...