Learn wisdom

Today's scripture mastery is a short one, but the earlier we can learn and apply this in our life, the better.  Alma 37:35 is the scripture mastery today:

 35 O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God.

The commandments of God have been given to us not as a restriction or to make us miserable--but rather to keep us free from the pain and misery that God knows will come if we do the things that we have been commanded not to do.  I touched on that principle in my post back on Dec 17th, so I won't talk too much about it, other than to say that the wisdom that Alma is talking about is that we can be free from those traps that Satan wants us to become mired in, if we keep the commandments of God.  The sooner we do that, the sooner we can have the peace promised by the Savior, and the happier we will be.

If we keep the commandments of God, that does not mean that we will be free of trials and difficulties, but we will have the peace in our hearts, and we will be comforted in our trials.