Thursday, January 17, 2013

Institute Insight

So I have started attending a D&C insights class.  I enjoy especially where I do not attend Gospel Doctrine (I am the Gospel Essential instructor).
Our class last night was all about revelation.  My teacher was trying.to teach us to understand how to pick out how we receive answers by previous experiences. 
She also mentioned the scenario about how two people praying for the same thing can sometimes receive different answers. 
That has been the case in a recent experience in my life.  I have receieved an answer and have often wondered if I was wrong.  Because the other person has receieved a completely different answer. 
In class I asked the question of what do we do when that happens.  There were lots of great examples and stories.  Two in particular really made me come up with the conclution that I did.
One guy talked about how his ex-wife decided to leave him.  He had prayed about it and really wanted to do what the church encouraged to try everything to work it out.  But she got the answer no.  Were they both wrong?  May be may be not.  He is remarried now and seems really happy but at the time he probably was devistated.  But HE WENT FORWARD IN FAITH.  Not knowing the outcome.
Another fellow in my class talked about how sometimes we need to just go forward and stop worrying about our answer or lack of.
I really liked that too.  Then my institute teacher said that once we recieve an answer even though it may be different than what the other person received, we need to go forward with complete faith and that everything depends on us.  Which is does and the Lord of course.
That is where faith has to come in.
In my own life I have come to the realization that I have made some pretty big unrealistic expectations for myself.  I did not have faith that Heavenly Father could fulfiill His promices. 
I had received an answer but was devistated because the.other person had not received the same answer.  Are we both wrong?  Not necessarily.  We both had revelation on what we needed to do with our lives.  We can't force each other to think a certain way. 
I have finally come to accept my answer but am willing to put my faith in God to move forward.  Things will work out the way they are supposed to because God is all knowing and all powerful.  He can create miracles to answer the revelations and prayers we have.  Will they be in our way and our timing? Not all of the time. 
I know that if we have faith and move forward things will come together ffor our good.
It may be scary.  In fact I am terrified sometimes just to move forward and see what happens because I feel so strongly about my answer.  But I have to have faith that God knows best.  That He has a plan.  That things will happen that He will put.thoughts and plans where they need to be.

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