Learning To Choose What Is Best
“The enemy of the best is often the good.” – Stephen R. Covey
What am I to learn of this?
I need to learn to choose what is BEST for me.
How can it not be right when at times I feel the Spirit so strongly towards it?
The Spirit testifies of truth. Feeling the Spirit towards it does speak of truth. It is real, but timing might be involved. My time is not God’s time. He sees all at once. I am still learning to choose God over ALL else. There will be times when I will have to choose. I am still learning to choose what is BEST.
Defining My Priorities
What is my work? Raising children well. Taking care of my own health. Spiritually. Physically. Mentally (learning and writing).
What are my hobbies? Gardening and music, fishing and the outdoors.
How do I best love me? Taking care of me. Being patient with me. Being kind and gentle with me.
It’s okay to spend time taking care of me.
“Walking On Water” by S. Michael Wilcox
“Lord, I believe. Help mine unbelief.” These are the moments where we want to believe, where we intend to do as He asks but find ourselves still fearing and needing a little extra help and love. These happen all of the time. So grateful my Savior is there to kindly lead me on, knowing and understanding my worries and fears.
“Let down thy net again.” We need to have faith in Heavenly Father. If He asks us to do something, we just need to do it – knowing and understanding that we do not always see as He sees. Just do it.
Learn to see as we are seen. I have been trying to do this of myself. I can usually see potential in others easily. I always say of stubborn little children, “He is going to make a great adult.” Ha ha.
Brother Adair
Church right now is in preparation for how it is going to be in the future. This is what Brother Adair expressed as a few of us gathered at his house for Sacrament today. I looked around and was grateful for the loving people near me, but possibly felt the most alone as I ever have as the realization of being spiritually alone until I die sank in.
Maybe I’m being selfish and maybe I need to simply humble myself, but I don’t want to be spiritually alone for even one more day. I am so tired of it. I know that the Lord has been teaching me patience for quite some time now (apparently I am a slow learner, ha ha) and I will continue on according to His time and His plan, but it is hard.
“It’s not the who but the what.” – Brother Adair in reference to gaining eternal life and all blessings associated with it. I’m not sure I completely understand the details in his thought, but am curious to know more of what he is seeing.
Stephen R. Covey
Begin with the end in mind. I love this and need to allow myself to hope and believe in the end that I envision. I know remaining in my current circumstance won’t allow me to reach that end, but just because I can’t link the now to the then doesn’t mean I can’t believe that it is there. My vision is clear. I know what I want. See it and believe in it even if it feels miles away. Live as if it is certain. “Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.” D&C 6:36
