Nauvoo Times - Kathryn Grant - All I Really Need to Know I Learned from the Scriptures

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)

I know that my Redeemer lives.
(Job 19:25)

Love the Lord with all your heart, might, mind, and strength.
(Deut. 10:12, Mark 12:30, D&C 59:5)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart.
(Proverbs 3:5, Isaiah 26:3)

Become as a little child.
(Matthew 18:3)

Lose your life to find it.
(Matthew 16:25, Matthew 16:28 JST)

Hold to the rod.
(1 Nephi 8:24)

Search the scriptures.
(John 5:39, Alma 17:2)

Humility brings grace and strength.
(1 Peter 5:5, Ether 12:27)

Thank the Lord in all things.
(D&C 59:7, Ephesians 5:20)

Rejoice in the Lord always.
(Philippians 4:4, D&C 128:22)

Hold on to God’s promises.
(Hebrews 10:23)

Do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.
(Micah 6:8)

Seek diligently to turn hearts.
(D&C 2:2, D&C 98:16, D&C 138:47 – 48, Malachi 4:6, 3 Nephi 25:6)

Let temple work continue on and not cease.
(D&C 127:4, D&C 128:22)

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”)




	Light for My Path All I Really Need to Know I Learned from the Scriptures by Kathryn Grant