Purple and gold

My favorite color ever is purple. In my opinion, gold goes best with purple, so gold is another one of my favorite colors. My favorite word is integrity. Integrity goes with virtue. You can't really have one without the other. This makes virtue another of my favorite words. For Personal Progress, each of the values goes with a color. Integrity goes with purple. Virtue goes with gold. While my love for purple and gold has its start from Mesa High, Personal Progress has changed that love. I know, it's a wee bit strange to love those colors the way I do, but that's just how Beth does it. Never again will I wear a Mesa High shirt and think only of school spirit. I will also think of how I need to have integrity and be virtuous.

A few weeks ago, my sister, Amy, showed me a scripture. And this scripture made me very happy. It's Doctrine and Covenants 124:15:

"And again, verily I say unto you, blessed is my servant Hyrum Smith; for I, the Lord, love him because of the integrity of his heart, and because he loveth that which is right before me, saith the Lord."

Amy went on to say that she thought that a part of integrity is loving that which is right. Go back about a month, when I did the post about virtue. Sis. Martineau said that virtue is righteous living. Integrity is loving what's right. So, if you love what's right, you'll love to do what's right. Therefore, if you have integrity, you'll be virtuous. If you have integrity, you'll want to be virtuous. You'll love to be virtuous.

As I've done this blog, integrity has come to mean something completely different to me than what I thought of it before. Integrity is amazing. If you have integrity, you're my hero. Because that makes you so strong. You're steadfast, you're firm, you're courageous, you're devoted, you're honest, and you're an example of Christ. I think that anyone who has integrity, LDS or not, exemplifies Christ. If I have ever mentioned you on this blog, or asked you to do a post, it is because I see that integrity in you. And I see it in many of you whom I haven't mentioned or asked to do a post. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to do this blog. I hope you have, maybe, learned something because of it. Maybe it has helped you out in some way. This is my last post. And, it feels so good. Nichole Carney is the one I'm passing the blog to. And she'll do amazing. I'm SO excited to see the posts that she'll do.

Before I end this post, I just want to share my testimony one last time, on here. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is totally, completely, and utterly true. I love it with all my heart. The Book of Mormon is a true book, and with it the Spirit can testify to you of truths. Music is a gift of God. Yep, that's surely part of my testimony. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, and brings me a peace that few others things can bring. The temple is the place to be. It is a house of God, and a place where sacred ordinances are done. It is the place where families can be sealed for time and all eternity. Jesus Christ is my Savior, and my best friend. He loves me, and every one of you. He suffered for me, He died for me, and He rose again, for me. He knows exactly what I'm going through, and will help me as long as I go to Him. Heavenly Father loves me, as does my Heavenly Mother. I am a daughter of royalty. I am a princess.

Last, but not least, I know the importance of integrity. And because of that, the importance of virtue. I just love it, love it, love it! If there's anything that I will never forget from this blog, it's integrity and how amazing it is. I want to have integrity. I strive for it, and hope that I have it, because I see the light in the eyes of you around me that have it, and I want that light. I want that strength. I want to be that example. And the Gospel? Yeah, it's amazing. There's nothing like it. It brings such happiness and joy to me life, like nothing else could.

Purple and gold, my friends, purple and gold. I love those two colors.