My ponderizing scripture for this week was 1 Nephi 3:7—
“And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I
will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the
Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a
way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them.”
To be honest, I didn’t have to do much memorizing on this
one. But I did get some insights into it
that I’d never had before.
When I decided on this scripture, a question came to me that
I’ve been thinking about all week. What
things has the Lord asked me to do that I’m not doing? My thoughts were drawn to something in my
patriarchal blessing about being timid, specifically in the context of finding
a companion. I need more faith to act on
that. There are resources out there
these days, especially of the on-line kind, which are theoretically less
intimidating than in-person or on-phone encounters. But I’ve still been hesitant to truly avail
myself of them. I need to get over that.
Another thing that came to mind was my desire to move back
to Seattle. After a brief burst of
action (inquiring at the UW about the teaching program there), I haven’t done a
lot. Maybe it is because the next
deadline for application to the program isn’t for another 11 months (I missed
this year’s by about 2 weeks), so my procrastinating proclivities have kicked
in. But I have been thinking that to
make my desire a reality, I need to be more diligent about looking into other
options.
I love it when I get new understanding of a very
familiar scripture! And I am praying for
help to develop the faith to be like Nephi—to go and do what the Lord has
commanded because He will help.
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