Freedom

Leonard E. Read is an economist that discusses how we need "faith in a free people" to believe that we can produce what we need without government planning everything in the economy.  He gives pencils as an example: no single person knows how to create every part of a pencil, and yet we get them for 10 cents through a market with free people.


We also need faith to produce peace in our lives and salvation in the next life.

For example, the wood in a pencil is produced by a company that doesn't know how to make erasers.  Similarly, I may not know exactly how being immersed in water (baptism) can open the door to heaven.  And yet I do understand that the Spirit is felt during the baptismal ordinance.  I also know that looking at the life of a person who has tried to faithfully keep their baptismal covenant is a fruitful life.  So although I don't understand every part of the process, I know that the results produced are good.

While wondering if he knew enough to serve a mission, Elder Neil L. Anderson had the thought: "You don't know everything, but you know enough!"  Sometimes all we need is a "desire to believe" (Alma 32) and that works together with what the Savior has done for us in order to produce good works.

Alma 32:26-28
Elder Neil L. Anderson