Becoming

Ironically enough, "Becoming" is the actual name of my blog! On another note, last week I talked about acting on decisions that have been made. This week, I am to talk about how it's not merely enough to only go through the actions. As talked about by Dallin H. Oaks, it's not just what you've done, it's about what we have become. In addition, Jim Ritchie shared an old parable about the two wolves. One being evil and one being good; whichever one you feed is the one that wins. That being said, this week is all about becoming who we can be. All of us are constantly struggling to be a better person, to perfect something, or to overall change something in our lives. Every day it is something that we are trying to accomplish and I think a lot of the times, we are not aware of this. The reason I say this is because I even catch myself doing this, which is judging others. On occasion, I will catch myself being impatient with someone as they are trying to learn a new ...

This last week has had a lot of repetition in it. Over and over again I have been learning about what my "unique talents and abilities" are and how to utilize them to the best of my ability. The first thing that caught my eye was when I was reading Jeffery Thompson's talk titled "What Is Your Calling In Life". He stated that John Calvin argued that God endows each of us with particular talents and gifts, and that it is our calling to discover these gifts and to seek out ways to use them in the service of our fellowmen. This immediately made me think of my patriarchal blessing and so I re-read through that a few times and I saw something that I never understood before. I'll keep that to myself. However, I will share that some of my spiritual gifts I have known about already, but I have just been undermining them because I deemed them of little importance. I teared up when I started to realize how much of a fool I have been. God brings to pass great things t...