You know something interesting I noticed the other day? I was talking to a friend about stocks and some details concerning them. I was trying to explain this idea regarding trading that I thought was really intriguing, and as I was explaining it, for a real quick split second, I could feel the Spirit’s disapproval of the idea. It was small and subtle, and it wasn’t until later that even when I sat and really pondered the experience that I pieced together what I felt. I have no idea if my friend felt it too or if it was just me, but I am curious and want to find out. What I find interesting, though, is that it didn’t come to me until I actually verbalized my thoughts and could hear myself saying them.
Sometimes what is in our heads makes perfect sense to us, but until we express it verbally and can actually hear what our thoughts are, maybe they aren’t completely clear or understood by our entire spiritual beings? Maybe this is a good new practice for me when seeking revelation? Maybe I need to say out loud my reasoning and desire of things and let myself hear it as I seek revelation or confirmation in it? People learn in different ways; some people are visual learners, some auditory, some kinesthetic, and so on, so it would make sense to me that we work different angles of learning to ensure a complete process.
One additional and most important aspect to this … knowing what the Spirit feels like to us. President Nelson has pleaded with us to learn how we ‘Hear Him,’ meaning how we best hear the Lord in our life. How and when do we hear His words in our hearts? What does the Spirit feel like to you? Without having prior experience in this, I don’t think I would have been able to identify that very subtle feeling of disapproval the other night.
I am so grateful for these tiny little truths in my life that the Spirit is there and exists in my life, with me daily to help guide me along my way. I think that it is the coolest that guidance is there if I am aware of it and what it feels like even when I am not seeking it necessarily. So cool!
Forever grateful!
