A few weeks ago, I collapsed on my bed, exhausted.
It had been one of those really busy days.
And I wished that I could just take a day off the next day to watch Netflix and rejuvenate, because boy, did I need it.
But of course, I couldn’t do that.
My packed to-do list for the following day was still there.
I felt exhausted and prayed for strength to get through the following day.
And here’s an example of when the Lord used my scripture reading to answer my prayers and needs in an immediate way.
As I was reading my scriptures that night, I happened to read D&C 64:33.
Here, the Lord says:
“Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing”.
That phrase, that I’ve heard a million times before, hit me like lightning.
Doing good things and being a good person is literally the whole point of this life.
NOT to get my work out of the way so that I can watch Netflix as much as possible.
Yes, I need to make sure I’m not running faster than I have strength and that I’m sleeping well.
But then… I WANT to let the good things that I’m doing energize me instead of drain me.
And it may sound overly-simplistic, but that’s what I chose in that moment.
I simply CHOSE to let the good things that I’m doing ENERGIZE me instead of drain me.
And… it worked.
I know, I know, it sounds too easy. But I think the mind is a powerful thing.
Deciding to not complain about all the good things that I’m doing opened the door for gratitude and energy to come in to my life in an even greater capacity.
And I even gained some clarity on a few things in my life that I thought were the awesome, but were not necessary.
Piece by piece, I’ve started finding that joy even more.
I’ve stopped glorifying my “busy-ness” and my fatigue.
I’ve got a lot of really great, really important things on my plate.
And I’m gonna keep on going and finding the joy.
Because God wants me here on earth to DO good and BE good, AND have joy.
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
