So I had a wonderful "aha" moment when I was reading my scriptures yesterday. Our Heavenly Father and the prophets praise plainness too. In the Book of Mormon, Nephi quotes the prophet Isaiah and then says this to his readers:
"Wherefore, hearken, O my people, which are of the house of Israel, and give ear unto my words; for because the words of Isaiah are not plain unto you, nevertheless they are plain unto all those that are filled with the spirit of prophecy. But I give unto you a prophecy, according to the spirit which is in me; wherefore I shall prophesy according to the plainness which hath been with me from the time that I came out from Jerusalem with my father; for behold, my soul delighteth in plainness unto my people, that they may learn" (2 Nephi 25:5).
I feel like the prophet Nephi. My soul delights in plainness, in simpleness and in that which will help me return to my Father in Heaven when I have finished my work on this earth (the most important bit of which for me is raising 4 beautiful children to be lovable and loving human beings.)
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