Remember when I said that my last post was the last one of the semester? Well apparently I can't read, so THIS is officially the last one (insert cry laughing face here).
So let's pretend that I took a survey of every person at BYU who is single, and I asked them what their #1 problem/stress was (not including school duh). I might be biased, but I think that most of them would say dating. BECAUSE IT IS SO HARD. If you are an anxiety driven person like me, you understand what I mean when I say that I am literally trying to decide if I want to date a person after our first encounter. I'm all, "Does he love the Lord? Is he good with children? I think I should be able to tell by the look in his eyes. Does he love his mom? Does he hate ice cream? Because if so we're over even though WE HAVE NOT BEGUN." I am fully aware of my insanity, thanks. I'm working on it.
But in all seriousness, my constant prayer to Heavenly Father is to guide me in all types of relationships. Friends, family, and dating relationships too. Today as I was studying, I found this scripture:
"For intelligence cleaveth unto intelligence; wisdom receiveth wisdom; truth embraceth truth; virtue loveth virtue; light cleaveth unto light; mercy hath compassion on mercy and claimeth her own; justice continueth its course and claimeth its own; judgment goeth before the face of him who sitteth upon the throne and governeth and executeth all things."
-D&C 88:40
We are supposed to become the best that we can, and in turn, we'll find those people who are supposed to be in our lives. We will find those with the same values who appreciate who we are. When we are following the Lord and doing His will, He will guide us. We don't need to stress or worry about things that we can't control.
Something that my Book of Mormon professor told us was that we are constantly asking God to tell us what to do, aka, we are asking Him to take away that agency that we fought for in the first place. Of course there are times when we need specific answers, but I've found more often than not, the answers to my prayers are, "Well what do you think?" or "How do you want me to help you with that?" (See Ether 2:23) God gave us agency and intelligence for a reason. If we are praying for guidance and making the best decisions we can, I know that the Lord is proud of us. I know that He will always help us with whatever we need. We just need to trust His judgement, and we for sure need to trust our judgement more often as well.
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ReplyDeleteHi Madeline,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to comment your BYU Professor's comment on agency. I used to think that way too but the Lord has a better plan. It's called the law of consecration. If we consacrate ourselves and are holy then we will quickly realize that "our judgement" like you said are indeed The Lord's.
John 5 : 19 "Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise."
d&c 6 : 36 "Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not."
Neal A Maxwell : "In conclusion, the submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. The many other things we “give,” brothers and sisters, are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us. However, when you and I finally submit ourselves, by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God’s will, then we are really giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give!
Consecration thus constitutes the only unconditional surrender which is also a total victory!
May we deeply desire that victory, I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, amen."
Take care