🌿 Why Aren’t We Living Zion Yet?
🌿 Why Aren’t We Living Zion Yet?
A Few Honest Thoughts from a Guy Sitting at Home Recovering
🕊️✍️ By The True Remnant
A while back, some missionaries came over to the house.
Good young men.
Trying hard.
Wanting to serve the Lord.
And somewhere during the conversation, I asked a simple question:
“If we have all the truth…
why aren’t we living Zion yet?”
That question has stayed with me.
Not in an angry way.
Not as an accusation.
Just honestly.
Because when I read about Zion in scripture, it doesn’t look much like the world we’re living in right now.
Not even close.
🌎 WE ARE MORE CONNECTED…
AND MORE DIVIDED
We have more technology than any generation in history.
More information.
More churches.
More podcasts.
More religious videos.
More conferences.
More books.
More opinions.
And somehow…
people are still exhausted.
Still lonely.
Still anxious.
Still divided.
Still financially crushed.
Still spiritually confused.
That ought to make us stop and think for a minute.
🛏️ MY OWN SEASON OF SLOWING DOWN
This past year, I’ve had a lot of time to think.
Not because I planned it that way.
Because my body forced me to.
Spine surgery.
Pain.
Recovery.
Rest.
For a long time, I really couldn’t do much.
And during that season, something became very clear to me:
I’ve been blessed.
Very blessed.
My wife worked incredibly hard through the years.
She built stability for our family.
I’ve worked too, but honestly, she carried a lot of that burden.
And now here I sit on a Tuesday afternoon thinking about spiritual things while millions of people are out there absolutely grinding just to survive.
That reality humbles me.
Because there are people working double shifts right now.
Single mothers trying to hold everything together.
Men breaking their backs trying to provide.
Families worried about groceries, rent, gas, and broken-down cars.
I think about my friend Jonathan from the Nemenhah people.
A car breaks down…
and suddenly life gets very hard.
And honestly?
I sometimes wonder:
“How easy is it to seek peace and hear God clearly when survival itself is crushing you?”
That question matters.
📖 ZION WAS NEVER JUST A RELIGIOUS SYSTEM
When the scriptures describe Zion, they don’t just describe meetings and buildings.
They describe people becoming one.
The Book of Mormon says:
“There were no poor among them.”
That’s not just economics.
That’s a heart condition.
It means people actually cared for each other deeply enough that nobody was left behind.
Not because they were forced.
But because love changed them.
And when I look around today, I honestly think:
We are further from that spirit than we realize.
Not because people are evil.
But because we are tired.
Hurried.
Distracted.
Fearful.
Overloaded.
Competing.
Performing.
Trying to survive.
It’s hard to build Zion when everybody feels alone.
🕊️ THE OLDER I GET…
The older I get, the less impressed I am by loud religion.
And the more moved I am by quiet goodness.
A peaceful home.
A kind wife.
A humble prayer.
A person helping someone quietly.
A meal shared.
A burden lifted.
A calm conversation.
A forgiving heart.
That feels closer to Zion to me now than almost anything else.
And honestly…
I think that’s why Jesus spent so much time talking about simple things.
Love your neighbor.
Feed the poor.
Forgive.
Care for one another.
Stop judging.
Become like little children.
Maybe Zion was always supposed to start there.
🌿 WHY WE MAY NOT BE READY YET
I don’t think Zion fails because we lack information.
I think we struggle because our hearts are still learning how to love without fear.
We still divide ourselves constantly.
Politics.
Religion.
Status.
Money.
Tribes.
Ideologies.
Pride.
And maybe one reason the Lord allows difficult seasons is because suffering has a way of softening people.
Not always.
But sometimes.
Sometimes pain is the only thing that finally teaches us we actually need each other.
📖 THE SAVIOR’S WAY WAS DIFFERENT
Jesus did not build His kingdom through status.
He walked slowly among ordinary people.
The poor.
The sick.
The rejected.
The weary.
And the strange thing is…
those people usually recognized Him first.
Maybe because humble people are often more ready to receive peace.
The proud usually think they already have enough.
🌄 WHAT I’M STARTING TO BELIEVE
I don’t think Zion begins with grand programs.
I think it begins when people finally become safe enough inside their hearts to love one another honestly.
To slow down.
To stop performing.
To stop competing.
To stop needing to win every argument.
To simply become kinder.
More human.
More forgiving.
More Christlike.
And maybe that process takes longer than we thought.
🕊️ ONE FINAL THOUGHT
I’m not writing this as a preacher.
Honestly, I’m just an older guy recovering from surgery, sitting quietly and thinking about life.
But the more I watch the world…
the more I believe the Savior’s path is simpler than we make it.
Love God.
Love people.
Carry each other.
Live honestly.
Walk humbly.
Listen for His voice.
Maybe Zion begins there.
One quiet heart at a time.
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The True Doctrine of Christ — A simple walk through repentance, the Holy Ghost, and learning to hear the Savior personally.
The Medicine Wheel & The Atonement — Seeing Christ’s healing work through peace, balance, light, and oneness.
When Families Fight — Walking With the Peacemaker — A gentle reflection on how Christ heals contention inside families.
Walking With Jesus When Life Slows You Down — Learning how rest, weakness, and stillness sometimes become holy ground.
🌿 Blog: The True Remnant Blog
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