wow! this journal is perfect! i don't even know where it came from, but what a blessing! htis is perfectly meant to be my spiritual journal!
my friend elisa dragged me to my first institute tonight and I loved it. the teacher- elder niles was astounding. he had so much knowledge! the spirit was so strong,a nd we delved into the gospel
after the lesson i approached him with a question i have been pondering a lot:
i feel like i've lost my hunger for knowledge! i'm so use to required reading that we have for seminary, and after completing high school i feel like i have lost my desire to learn. i really want to have that hunger for knowledge, but i don't even want to know. i have been praying for guidance. this journal was a small piece of his suggestions, and i hope that i can come to want to learn.
i need to change my scripture study habits
i also need to record what i am feeling from the spirit
i feel that i am being blessed at htis time in my life and that God will see fit to pour his blessings upon me also in the recent future. i also feel that i must humble myself continually and remember that all the blessings i recieve are from God. i can't find the exact scripture i'm thinking of but James 1: 17 comes close: every good gift comes from God.
while i was looking i found one of my favorite scripture!
the Lord is talking to Joseph Smith and Doctrine and Covenants 21:6
"For by doing these things the gates of hell shall not prevail against you; yea and the Lord God will disperse the powers of darkness from before you, and cause the havens to shake for your good, and his names glory."
can you imagine the heavens shaking for your good
If you do these things:
- give heed unto all his words (v4) and commandments
- walk in all holiness before him (v4) to me that means be temple worthy at all times
- recieve his word (scriptures) in patience and faith (v 5)
well i would consider that scripture study and it was not boring! i am going to get excited about learning , just like elder niles said!
