The Savior said in 3 Nehpi 14: 7-8 “Ask, and it shall be given unto you; Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.”
It has come to my understanding and lessons that I have learned this pass year that if we were to receive inspired guidance just for asking all the time, you and I would become weak and even more dependent on Father in Heaven. You see our personal growth (which is one of the reasons why we came to earth) will come when we struggle to learn how to be led by the Spirit. I have struggled with the spirit to feel the impressions, feeling, and ideas of what I need to do, and how I need to do it all my life. I
The spirit comes to me more as a feeling than it does as a sound. The Holy Ghost communicates with our spirits through the mind more than a physical voice. President Packer said “We may feel the words of spiritual communication more than hear them and see with spiritual rather than with mortal eyes.”
As we receive more guidance and direction, and acknowledge that we received it as personal revelation, the more our testimonies grow, and the stronger we become. Never has this been more true to me then during this past 6 months than any other time in my life.
My family is doing fine. Each of the older kids are busy with school, we have only had a few problems with Gabe. Gabe is our care free child who doesn’t care of the results of his actions, weather good or bad. I have tried everything including push up and sit up when he gets in trouble. I knew that punishment was not working when he had to do 90 each in one day.
Tanner just turned 13, my first teenager. He went on a snow cave camping trip this weekend. He wanted me to go, I unfortunately had plans that needed to be done. Isn’t that’s what leader are for anyway, to keep the fathers home while the kids freeze all night.
Dylan my 8 years old is growing like a weed. She is as mature as Gabe (almost two years older) but that’s not saying much as Gabe is Gabe. I just have to say “You got to just love the GABE!” I realized how fast Dylan was growing when I saw some picture of her that a friend took. She look to old so little anymore. It made me worry about the future, I guess I need to get the old shoot gun out a polish it up a bit.
Brynn and Tess my two youngest are the biggest trouble makers in the house. It seems that whatever they touch it breaks. I guess that’s the curse of the 5 and 2 year old.
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