Hi everyone! How are you doing? I hope that everything is going well for you! It seems sometimes like just when we think things are going well, or that we know what to do something new comes along to change our situations up doesn't it!? Something that I have been able to learn, and am still learning, is that no matter what happens one constant we can have is the guidance and companionship of the Holy Ghost.
I have had a few different experiences this week where I have seen again there importance and value of listening to the Holy Ghost. First of all, I know that when we are in doubt our having hard times, the Holy Ghost is the best friend we can have. He will help comfort and direct us in our needs. I have felt so many times answers to my prayers, felt fears and pains go away because of His power. I know that if we do our best to seek his companionship, we'll be in good hands.
Sometimes though it can be hard to follow the guidance we receive. I know that as we do though, we will be blessed. So I want to share two experiences I've had this week that show both different sides.
First, I'll share a time I felt I needed to do something but didn't. My companion and his former companion had been teaching a man for some time, and his whole family are members of the church, and he isn't. My companion and his comp decided to give him some time to think and decide for himself what he was wanting to do. We were able to have a lesson with him just yesterday, and at the start I had the thought that I should ask why he hasn't been baptized yet, but I got distracted and didn't do it. Luckily right before we're were about to end the call he told us he needed to tell us something. He said "After the last time we met, I feel that I received revelation... and I'm going to be baptized." This was such a neat experience for us, and I remembered having felt before to bring up baptism. I'm grateful that the Lord promoted him to bring it up and that even though I didn't follow the guidance I received, the Lord's will was still fulfilled.
Another experience I had was following a prompting to call someone who had already expressed that they weren't interested. It was easy for me to just say, she already denied us, why should we try again, but instead we called. It turned out that we were able to have a neat call with her and shared certain things she was needing. It was humbling to know that I could've missed out on that experience if I hadn't obeyed that promoting, but I felt such great love and comfort knowing that the Lord again knows each one of us and will direct us for good if we listen and obey.
Just because we make a mistake or don't follow a prompting when we receive it doesn't mean there is no hope. I know that the Lord has a plan for us and will give us chance after chance to choose the right. He is perfect and loves us perfectly. Even when it seems we don't know what to do, He does. We can always have his peace and guidance if we do our best to live righteously and obey the guidance of the spirit. I invite each one of you to think more about how you receive guidance from the Lord, how you "hear Him" and I promise that as you do you will be blessed with peace and direction.
~Love Elder McDonald
Scripture of the week: Mosiah 6:6. When we are obedient, we are blessed.
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