When my husband was first called as bishop, I cried my eyes out to my Father in Heaven in prayer.
I said one of my most heartfelt prayers as I pleaded:
“Heavenly Father, I am going to need your love and support and promptings more than ever!”
And the thought came to my mind immediately:
“I am always here. You need to use this time to hear and notice me better. You know what to do.”
The “Sunday School answers” filled my mind and I knew that if I wanted more help from the Spirit in my life during this time that would stretch our family, I was going to need to do things that would bring more of the Spirit in my life.
It is a prompting that has saved me over and over again over the past few years as our family has been stretched through my husband’s calling.
Every time I feel lonely, overwhelmed, or distant and I wish that I had more of the Spirit in my life…
I remember that prompting. I remember that I can take action to invite the Spirit more into my life.
And it works.
Every single time I put in the effort.
What is the most recent thing that the Spirit taught you?
We have the unique privilege in our church that there are TONS of opportunities to hear the revelation we need.
We get SO much content and input.
Our prophet, stake leaders, ward leaders, class teachers, ministering sisters…
There are so many people who can teach customized counsel.
And then, of course, we can receive personal revelation for ourselves and our families, often through scripture study or prayer.
The opportunities are everywhere!
But are we taking the chance to actually hear what the Lord wants us to hear?
Look at where John tells us the responsibility lies:
“He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” (Revelation 2:29)
We need to HEAR.
How do we hear the word of the Lord even better?
We can listen to counsel from prophets and then pray personally to receive our own confirmation.
We can listen at church with the intent to act, no matter who is doing the teaching.
We can keep our minds focused as we read the scriptures.
We can limit the distractions around us so we are more in tune with the still, small voice.
The Lord is speaking to His children!
But the responsibility is on us to do the hearing.
So how can we improve our capacity to hear Him?
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
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Hi Cali! Just just wanted to thank you! So often, you have the right words at the right time for me. Over the years, I have been so grateful for your little corner of the internet. You are doing a good work and it has touched my life and helped me be better. You are awesome! Thank you!
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