I love the Gospel!

Right now in school I am taking the Court Procedures class. We have basically been learning all of the rules and regulations of the court system in general, but focusing on the court reporter duties. Today, the first thing that our teacher Leigh had on her agenda was to talk about facebook, myspace, and blogging. I thought that was kind of odd. I thought, what does this have to do with court reporting? Well, once she started talking about it, I realized right away how it had to do with court reporting, and life in general.

My main instructor, and owner of the school, Joyce, has a daughter who is a court reporter. Apparently in depositions that she has been taking the last few months or so, she has noticed a common occurence in testimony, that people are being refused interviews or even jobs because of questionable pictures of even comments on these common website pages.

Well, of course this brought up a lot of discussion since the majority of us at the school have at least one, if not two or all three (yes, I am guilty, although I hardly ever check my myspace page) of these accounts. Now, I have seen a lot of these girl's facebook and myspace accounts and although I hadn't ever thought about it before, I am thinking that a lot of them will need to reconsider the pictures that are up.

They started talking about how they would need to change some of the things that can so easily be found on their pages so that when the time comes for looking for a job, this doesn't come back to haunt them.

I also remember watching the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders tryouts on CMT and remember one of the girls who got one of the highest scores not being considered for the team once they saw certain pictures of her on her myspace page.

I am so thankful that when this was brought up in school today, I was one of the few that didn't have to think about whether or not I had anything questionable on these pages. I already knew that I didn't have anything on there that would jeopardize me in any way of getting a job. It's crazy to think of all the things that the Gospel has done in my life, the ways that it has helped me. Every day there are so many things that I notice about my life that are direct results of being brought up in the Gospel. There are countless things that the Gospel has helped me through and I don't think that I can ever show the gratitude that I have towards my parents for bringing me up in the Gospel and for always being a good example. They have always gone to church, every week of my life that I can remember, unless sickness or work were in their way, of course. I am also very thankful for all of the many teachers I had in primary, and the leaders that I had in Young Women's, for all of the good examples that surround me each week, for all the Bishops that have interviewed me and helped me with certain challenges in my life.

I am also thankful for my husband. When I first met him, he was so passionate about the gospel and ready to learn. He was also willing to be patient with me because I was not at all as knowledgeable as him in regards to the Gospel (he would say in all things, haha) but I am grateful that he has helped me grow so much in the Gospel. He has helped me stay on the straight and narrow as I'm sure I've done the same for him.

Where I am today comes directly from the Gospel in my life. There are so many things that I don't have to worry about because it is in my life. I know that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the one and only true church on the face of the Earth today. That its teachings can not only help us make it back to our Heavenly Father again one day but can help us achieve the goals that we want to achieve in this life.

I just wanted to share this with everyone today. I'm not usually very vocal about this (which I know I should be, at least more than I am right now) but with the discussion that happened today in class, I really gained a greater appreciation for the Gospel and what it does for me in my life!