The same can be said for the gospel. The slightest "inches" so to speak, can make all the difference! We read in Alma 37:6-7, "by small and simple things are great things come to pass... and by very small means the Lord... bringeth about salvation of many souls." This is a significant statement! The gospel is SIMPLE. All that we need to do is to have faith, repent of our sins, be baptized by the Priesthood authority, recieve the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and endure to the end. The gospel is a game of inches. We move forward slowly, but surely; inch by inch. As we continue to strive to move forward, we will acheive eternal life. We don't have to take leaps and bounds, although that does happen. Sometimes a team wins by throwing a bomb into the end zone which is miraculously caught... but it doesn't happen often. It is also way too easy to make the smallest mistake which then can lose the game. We cannot let ourselves get discouraged by the inches that drive us back; you CAN come back and win. Football teams lose because they get discouraged at the LITTLE mistakes. Do not let that happen. Just like we learn from Alma, "by small and simple things are great things come to pass." Don't let yourself get beat up because you aren't taking huge steps, feel joy when you make the smallest improvement. Afterall, isn't the gospel about progression no matter how big or how small?
With love,
Elder Brennan Edwards
