All I Really Need to Know I Learned from the Scriptures
by Kathryn Grant
I
remember being delighted when I first read the beloved book by Robert
Fulghum,
All
I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.
Its focus on the simple truths that really matter resonated with many
people.
One
day it occurred to me that the same is true of the scriptures:
everything we need to know we can learn from them.1 So
with grateful acknowledgment to Mr. Fulghum, and knowing I’m
not the first (and won’t be the last) to do an adaptation, here
is “All I Really Need to Know I Learned from the Scriptures.”
In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth. (Genesis 1:1)
Adam fell that men might
be; and men are, that they might have joy. (2 Nephi 2:25)
Be strong and of good
courage, for the Lord is with you. (Joshua 1:9)
For God hath not given us
the spirit of fear; but of power, and of
love, and of a sound mind. (2 Timothy 1:7)
I can do all things
through Christ, who gives me strength. (Philippians 4:13)
Nothing can separate us
from the love of God. (Romans 8:35-39)
For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life. (John 3:16)
1.
“We often hear it said that the scriptures have the answers to
all of our questions. Why is this so? It is not that the scriptures
contain a specific answer to every question.... We say that the
scriptures contain the answers to every question because the
scriptures can lead us to every answer.” (Elder Dallin H Oaks,
quoted in “Using
Scriptures to Meet Personal Needs”)
Kathryn Grant is a user assistance professional with a passion
for usability and process
improvement. She also loves family history and enjoys the challenge and
reward of building her family tree.
As a child, she lived outside the United States for four years because of her father's job. This experience fueled her natural love of words and language, and also taught her to appreciate other cultures.
Kathryn values gratitude, teaching, learning, differences, and unity. She loves looking at star-filled skies, reading mind-stretching books, listening to contemporary Christian music, attending the temple, and eating fresh raspberries.
Kathryn teaches Sunday family history classes at the BYU Family History Library, and presents frequently at family history events. For more information, visit her Family History Learning Resources page
