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Monday, September 20, 2010
FAITH
Faith - The topic of many Sacrament Meeting talks and Sunday School Lessons gone by. And I am ashamed to admit that when I heard that word "Faith" this weekend, I thought something like "Here we go again.." with the assumption that I would merely hear a repeat of words I have already heard.
I was QUICKLY humbled by an awesome discussion. It was able to penetrate my inattentive mind and found it's way to touch my anxious spirit. Although indeed a repeat of words I have already heard I am I EVER grateful for the repetition and reminder of this principle. What a blessing it was to hear it again - to consider how it relates to me at this particular time in my life - to ponder it's prominence in my current decisions.
I hope that when I look back on this post I will be able to remember the feelings and ideas about faith that have been so beneficial to me in the last few days. So by way of note-taking and memory jogging here are a few of the scriptures that really guided my train of thought....
*Remember that without faith you can do nothing (D&C 8:10)
*By Faith all things are fulfilled (Ether 12:3)
*Exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you (Alma 32:27)
Today my thoughts combine to conclude that Faith in God is the strength that can accomplish things that we find ourselves too weak to follow through with.
With each concern that arises in me this week, I hope that the first thing I do is to have faith in God's will (instead of turning to my own plans.) I hope that when a step seems really big I will go ahead and start the process having faith that He will be there to help me finish it (rather than hesitating to do hard things because I think I have to succeed on my own.)
I appreciate (so dearly) the gentle way in which I was re-taught these things. I know that every time I trust my Heavenly Father with my thoughts and actions, He will allow an increase of my faith which will further my progression. I am infinitely thankful to know the importance of my Faith in God - and my total reliance on Him as my friend and Savior.
I was QUICKLY humbled by an awesome discussion. It was able to penetrate my inattentive mind and found it's way to touch my anxious spirit. Although indeed a repeat of words I have already heard I am I EVER grateful for the repetition and reminder of this principle. What a blessing it was to hear it again - to consider how it relates to me at this particular time in my life - to ponder it's prominence in my current decisions.
I hope that when I look back on this post I will be able to remember the feelings and ideas about faith that have been so beneficial to me in the last few days. So by way of note-taking and memory jogging here are a few of the scriptures that really guided my train of thought....
*Remember that without faith you can do nothing (D&C 8:10)
*By Faith all things are fulfilled (Ether 12:3)
*Exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you (Alma 32:27)
Today my thoughts combine to conclude that Faith in God is the strength that can accomplish things that we find ourselves too weak to follow through with.
With each concern that arises in me this week, I hope that the first thing I do is to have faith in God's will (instead of turning to my own plans.) I hope that when a step seems really big I will go ahead and start the process having faith that He will be there to help me finish it (rather than hesitating to do hard things because I think I have to succeed on my own.)
I appreciate (so dearly) the gentle way in which I was re-taught these things. I know that every time I trust my Heavenly Father with my thoughts and actions, He will allow an increase of my faith which will further my progression. I am infinitely thankful to know the importance of my Faith in God - and my total reliance on Him as my friend and Savior.
posted by Jake and RaNette Free at 8:24 PM
1 Comments:
RaNette, how is it that you know exactly what I need to hear when I need to hear it? Thank you for being the mouth peice to all of us readers that God is trying to reach out to through you. :)
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