You know those moments when you feel like you are a chicken running
around with your head cut off-just trying to figure out what to do and
feel like there is just not enough time? Because that is how my mission
is beginning to feel. I find myself setting
goals, and then am coming to see how quickly time is passing. It's crazy
how time really does fly when life is fun.
Have you ever wondered what God's days are like? As I have been
trying to accomplish all sorts of little things, I have looked at the
parents I meet and think about how crazy their lives are. I don't know
how people go to school full/part time, work fill/part
time, have callings, and balance family time. It looks overwhelming to
be an adult! Ha! As I have thought about the game of "balance" while
being a parent, I have thought about how God is able to do it. I truly
don't know how He figured out how all of this
life works for literally EVERY SINGLE person, so I'm just grateful for
the belief that He is looking out for all of us and had it all under
control. To all parents everywhere-THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!
This week was so fun. I was able to go down to Lansing for another
leadership meeting. It is always so fun to see all of my friends who are
serving across the state. This meeting was a little different than
most, in that President took us all outside and
had seats for us in a nearby little forest by a little stream. He told
us of Joseph Smith and bore his testimony of the power that comes with
bearing the truth of the restoration. I hope to never forget it!
Something else I have been thinking a lot about are those moments
when belief turns into knowledge. I was speaking with our branch
President, and he told me about 2 specific experiences he has had when
his belief turned into knowledge. Once while he was
19 and the other when he was 42. This man clearly has had many, many,
many spiritual experiences, but he testified how the spirit was
different in these particular instances. He (President Stirling) said,
"There are many things that I am convinced of. But I
truly KNOW that Jesus is the Christ. The spirit has conveyed it to me in
such a way I am afraid to deny it". Joseph Smith's first "experience"
may have been while he was reading James 1:5 as the spirit pressed upon
him stronger than ever before. I have asked
a lot of people about it, and have been thinking about signs or wonders
from Heaven. In Mormon 9, it talks about how miracles or these
"experiences" are not given to men to disprove their unbelief, but to
strengthen the testimonies they already have. As I have
talked with a lot of people about this, those individuals who have had
these "experiences" seem to be able to pinpoint even an exact date on
when this happened to them. Have you had an experience like this before?
I know I am still waiting for my "experience",
so I'll pray and search on until I truly KNOW. If you have or haven't,
even Christ said, Be not afraid, only believe".
This talk has been quiet interesting for me to study this week. No
matter what you are thinking or feeling, "You have more faith than you
think you do". I am so grateful for this gospel and am more than
convinced that it is Christ's church once again established
on the earth, preparatory to the second coming of the Messiah.
Have a great week!!!
Sister Ensign :)
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