He has invested, how about you?
Howdee y'all,
I am starting this blog off with the disclaimer that this week has been kind of mundane. Not much has really been happening that I would think is worth reporting, but I will do my best. I have even felt like I was just going through the motions in different areas of my spiritual life as well. In fact, it was really starting to bother me. It has required me to extend myself and do a little introspection.
I have been trying to make Hebrews 5:4 a part of my thoughts this week. I was frustrated that it just was not saying much to me. I have read and heard the theme of this verse over and over again throughout my life. Therefore, I have been trying to take it to a different level.
There is the discussion of honor. According to topical guide this refers to leadership. "No man taketh this leadership unto himself..." Meaning to me that we should not seek to take control or lead a situation unless we are called upon to do so.
I recently had an experience where I found myself doing this. I was participating in a training class. I was one of the trainees. When others in the class were asking questions, that did not seem to be being answered, I really had a hard time not taking over and sharing what I knew and/or understood. I had to remind myself that I was not the one asked to lead in the situation. That had been delegated to others. I needed to let them lead.
So, how does this apply to our spiritual lives as well. Interestingly enough, there were several thoughts/impression/whispering that came to me today while in different lesson/meetings. Obviously, we should not take the lead in a meeting where we have not been asked to preside. The gospel is a gospel of order. I truly believe that our Father has a plan. We are part of that plan. He calls and then lifts us to lead, serve, and/or fulfill the callings that He has given us. Yet there are also things in our lives that do not come via an official calling.
I was remind of that today as I pondered the plan. There was much talk about choices and consequences in testimony meeting today. There were a couple people who got up and bore testimony that were so simple and pure that one could not help but be touched by the spirit. As I listened to Big Mike, Russell, and Eva, the thought struck me how unfair it might appear for them. They each have challenges that are difficult to bare. I wondered how they did it. How will they be held accountable. Then I realized, they, like myself, made a choice a long time ago to accept this plan. We agreed to participate in mortality and all that came with it. However, I don't think that any of us truly understood what would be required of us. But our Father did. He knows each of us. He knows what we can do, who we can become, and what we are capable of achieving. He has invested his faith in us. He has placed us here, at this time, in the conditions of our individual circumstances, presented with all the trials and challenges that come with those conditions. I think that in the New Testament we refer to them as talents. He did not that gaining a return on his investment in us would be easy, but he did say it would be rewarded.
The question came to me, do I have the same faith in myself that He does? Do I believe what He believes? How do I increase my faith to match His?
I am starting this blog off with the disclaimer that this week has been kind of mundane. Not much has really been happening that I would think is worth reporting, but I will do my best. I have even felt like I was just going through the motions in different areas of my spiritual life as well. In fact, it was really starting to bother me. It has required me to extend myself and do a little introspection.
I have been trying to make Hebrews 5:4 a part of my thoughts this week. I was frustrated that it just was not saying much to me. I have read and heard the theme of this verse over and over again throughout my life. Therefore, I have been trying to take it to a different level.
There is the discussion of honor. According to topical guide this refers to leadership. "No man taketh this leadership unto himself..." Meaning to me that we should not seek to take control or lead a situation unless we are called upon to do so.
I recently had an experience where I found myself doing this. I was participating in a training class. I was one of the trainees. When others in the class were asking questions, that did not seem to be being answered, I really had a hard time not taking over and sharing what I knew and/or understood. I had to remind myself that I was not the one asked to lead in the situation. That had been delegated to others. I needed to let them lead.
So, how does this apply to our spiritual lives as well. Interestingly enough, there were several thoughts/impression/whispering that came to me today while in different lesson/meetings. Obviously, we should not take the lead in a meeting where we have not been asked to preside. The gospel is a gospel of order. I truly believe that our Father has a plan. We are part of that plan. He calls and then lifts us to lead, serve, and/or fulfill the callings that He has given us. Yet there are also things in our lives that do not come via an official calling.
I was remind of that today as I pondered the plan. There was much talk about choices and consequences in testimony meeting today. There were a couple people who got up and bore testimony that were so simple and pure that one could not help but be touched by the spirit. As I listened to Big Mike, Russell, and Eva, the thought struck me how unfair it might appear for them. They each have challenges that are difficult to bare. I wondered how they did it. How will they be held accountable. Then I realized, they, like myself, made a choice a long time ago to accept this plan. We agreed to participate in mortality and all that came with it. However, I don't think that any of us truly understood what would be required of us. But our Father did. He knows each of us. He knows what we can do, who we can become, and what we are capable of achieving. He has invested his faith in us. He has placed us here, at this time, in the conditions of our individual circumstances, presented with all the trials and challenges that come with those conditions. I think that in the New Testament we refer to them as talents. He did not that gaining a return on his investment in us would be easy, but he did say it would be rewarded.
The question came to me, do I have the same faith in myself that He does? Do I believe what He believes? How do I increase my faith to match His?
Then my mind turned to lesson 6 in Sunday School. I don't know that it was capitalized upon much in the lesson, but the verse stood out to me. 2 Nephi 1. My attention was drawn to verse 5. Lehi and his family obtained a choice land. Choice above all others. They received it through covenant. But it was not just for them. "...and also all those who should be led out of other countries by the hand of the Lord." Verse 6, "...there shall none come into this land save they shall be brought by the hand of the Lord." It is a land that is consecrated unto them as long as they shall see to serve Him.
I was brought to this land, not by boat, plane, train, or automobile. I was brought/placed here by Him. This promise applies to me as much as it does of those who are led here by other modes. It is not just the United States, as many think, but this land, continent, scared place that is different from the rest. I serve Him as I endure, magnify, and increase the talents/trails/callings/challenges that He calls me too. My lot may be different that Big Mike, Russell, or Eva's, but the expectation is the same. Am I? That is my question to myself. Food for thought, if you choose to take it. In my head it is just a bunch of ramblings.
Thus, on to the mundane...
The Queen has been training all week. She has started and end each day of this week at a different time. It has been exhausting for her, but she has endured it well.
The Professor did all she could to run last minute errands before returning back to the classroom on Friday. She also started classes again for her own personal development.
Tall Man has done all he possibly can to keep his hair intact. He never does anything small and sometimes the Big catches up and get the best of all of us. He is learning to find balance and trust in the Lord.
SnackPack is prepping for State and juggling school, homework, work, and play. He manages to fit it all in.
Yep, it was just a boring week. When we were not doing the above, we were filling our time the daily chores of life. Hope your week was full of adventure and joy.
Until the next one comes and goes. Cheers!
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