Heed the Whispers
Well, we have completed another wonderful weekend full of guidance and counsel. My heart and mind are full of things that I personally need to keep working on or start working on. I hope that each of you have lists of your own. Continue to ponder them, study them, and figure out how to apply them to daily living.
One particular thought has been on my mind this morning. There were several speakers who talked about agency. It is something that will never be taken from us. No one has the power to control our choices. Along those same lines, no one, not even we have to power to control the consequences. Once we make a choice, we must live with it until we make a choice to live a different way.
The other thought that has been with me is the fact that it is not just one choice that we make once that determines our worthiness to return to our Father in Heaven. It is the choices we make every minute of our lives that determine that. The choice my be theme based, but it is not just one choice.
Names that I hear through out the weekend were Jonah, Nephi, Corianton, Daniel, Joseph, and more. Each had the same goal, but were faced with different situations. Some made made mistakes, some did not. Some repented, some did not. The biggest thing that impressed me is that each had choices and they made them. They did not choose the consequences, but their success depended upon their re-action to those consequences.
Sometimes, the spirit whispers that we need to change things in our lives or we will be required to endure certain consequences. If we do not heed those whisperings, then of course we endure. If we want to change the environment we find ourselves in, we will continue enduring until we make choices to get us out of the environment.
Jonah was faced with many such choices. Sometimes he chose poorly, but he still had to opportunity to correct the poor choices. He learned that once he did, he needed to accept the consequences of his choice. He struggled with the choice of acceptance of God's will.
Nephi was also faced with many choices. Most of what we know about him was that he chose righteousness. However, not all the environments he found himself in were pleasant. The difference is that he accepted the Lord's will and continued making the right choices, even though it meant that he had to endure some unpleasant situations.
Does that make sense? I hope so. I does in my mind. We need to accept the will of the Lord. He promises great blessings if we will, but expects us to also accept the challenges along the path way that will make us stronger, spiritually and physically. Our sense of appreciation and accomplishment will be greater if we accept it and endure.
If we make poor choices and don't like the consequences, we are given a choice to accept them, endure, and make different choices. Sometimes the results are the same, we are stronger, spiritually and physically, we just endured different paths.
Just remember, this only happens if we make the choice. If we don't, if we continue to rebel, and kick against the pricks of the goads, we will only find ourselves in the same place we started.
Think about it.
One particular thought has been on my mind this morning. There were several speakers who talked about agency. It is something that will never be taken from us. No one has the power to control our choices. Along those same lines, no one, not even we have to power to control the consequences. Once we make a choice, we must live with it until we make a choice to live a different way.
The other thought that has been with me is the fact that it is not just one choice that we make once that determines our worthiness to return to our Father in Heaven. It is the choices we make every minute of our lives that determine that. The choice my be theme based, but it is not just one choice.
Names that I hear through out the weekend were Jonah, Nephi, Corianton, Daniel, Joseph, and more. Each had the same goal, but were faced with different situations. Some made made mistakes, some did not. Some repented, some did not. The biggest thing that impressed me is that each had choices and they made them. They did not choose the consequences, but their success depended upon their re-action to those consequences.
Sometimes, the spirit whispers that we need to change things in our lives or we will be required to endure certain consequences. If we do not heed those whisperings, then of course we endure. If we want to change the environment we find ourselves in, we will continue enduring until we make choices to get us out of the environment.
Jonah was faced with many such choices. Sometimes he chose poorly, but he still had to opportunity to correct the poor choices. He learned that once he did, he needed to accept the consequences of his choice. He struggled with the choice of acceptance of God's will.
Nephi was also faced with many choices. Most of what we know about him was that he chose righteousness. However, not all the environments he found himself in were pleasant. The difference is that he accepted the Lord's will and continued making the right choices, even though it meant that he had to endure some unpleasant situations.
Does that make sense? I hope so. I does in my mind. We need to accept the will of the Lord. He promises great blessings if we will, but expects us to also accept the challenges along the path way that will make us stronger, spiritually and physically. Our sense of appreciation and accomplishment will be greater if we accept it and endure.
If we make poor choices and don't like the consequences, we are given a choice to accept them, endure, and make different choices. Sometimes the results are the same, we are stronger, spiritually and physically, we just endured different paths.
Just remember, this only happens if we make the choice. If we don't, if we continue to rebel, and kick against the pricks of the goads, we will only find ourselves in the same place we started.
Think about it.
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