Student Choice Assignment

For this week's assignment I did Leviticus 11-14. There are two lists, one containing the clean animals that Israel could eat and one containing the animals they couldn't. The list of food they could eat were: cloven footed and cheweth the cud, fins and scales in the water, and locus, beetles, and grasshoppers. The unclean food they could not eat were: uncloven the foot and cheweth not the cud, hare, coney, things without scales and fins, camel, raven, owl, hawk, swan, pelican, stork, harron, lizard, snail, eagle, ossifrage, ospray, vulture, kite, cuckow, lapwing, bat, creeping fowls, weasel, mouse, tortoise, ferret, chameleon, and mole. I think the purpose and meaning of this was for the people of Israel to practice self-discipline and to follow direction and guidelines. Another list is for what God ordained for the use of man and what He has restricted. The list for those things ordained include: self-made pure wine, strong drinks for washing the body, wholesome herbs, tobacco for bruises and cattle, ripe fruits, beasts and fowls sparingly, grain, and mild drinks. The list for what he has restricted include: Drinking wine and strong drinks made by others, hot drinks, and tobacco for the body or belly. This applies to the Word of Wisdom and it is a guideline to help us avoid things that the Lord does not want us to partake, but also what is not good or beneficial for our minds or bodies. Heavenly Father wants us to be strong and healthy and to only partake and do things that will be nutritious and helpful to our physical and spiritual well being. I love the blessings that come from following the Word of Wisdom and also the words of the Lord and I feel like I work hard on my physical health, but I can do more to be spiritually healthy. I can be more diligent in my scripture study and to show more gratitude and appreciation for the wonderful people in my life and for the opportunities I have been given.