Trust

This past week, I was given a task in my religion class: to ask myself, "What lack I yet?" This was a hard question, but the answer I received was a bit more rough: "Learn to recognize and trust the Lord." I realized that I have been bitter with God lately and if I had more trust in His plan for me, then I would have absolutely no reason to be sour with Him because He only wants the best for us. As I have been working on this, I have also been reading the assignments for my entrepreneurship class and I came across some great advice. The first is a quote from Elder Holland: "Behold, the Lord requireth the heart and a willing mind..." In other words, put your trust in Him. The second was something I learned from the talk You Can Do Anything: "Don't underestimate yourself and don't underestimate the Lord." As I strive to be as I once was, I'm learning that it's going to take a lot of sacrifice and with sacrifice comes a little despair, but it is made up for with the blessings of the Lord. I'm learning to let go of worldly things for eternal blessings. It doesn't seem so hard in retrospect, but if everything was as easy as it seemed on paper, we'd all be successful at putting together IKEA furniture. As I learn to put more trust in the Lord, I'm learning to trust myself along the way. Failure will come and I think I'll eventually learn to be more okay with that as well.

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