Texting

At EFY last week (especially for youth) I ended up in a class I hadn't meant to go to, on technology usage. I know I was meant to be there, though because of something I learned. See, shortly before I went to EFY my parental units had told me that my texting was out of control. I didn't understand it because even though I text a lot, I don't spend very much time doing it. When I asked my mom why she couldn't give me an answer other than that the Spirit had said so. Then in this class, The teacher showed a clip of a talk by Elder Arden and one sentence really hit me. He said "Let us be as fast to pray as we are to text." This struck me hard, because it was the reason that the Spirit had told me parents I needed to slow down. I spent more time talking to my friends about meaningless things than talking to my Heavenly Father. A thought came into my mind, "If I spent as much time talking to Him as I did texting, how much better would I know Him?" I know my Father in Heaven loves me, and I love HIm. I will stand as a witness of Him at all times and in all things, including when I text. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.