I had been studying the assigned scriptures already all week long, and I had loved them.

Even though we were starting with the New Testament, that first week in January actually had us studying from various books of scripture about being self-motivated in our scripture study.

I pulled out my phone that Sunday morning to text some Young Women and remind them to study the assigned Come, Follow Me scriptures.

Suddenly, I had the thought to search for an Instagram account that they could follow.

I pictured some kind of account where someone was posting little spiritual thoughts each day inspired by that week’s scriptures.

I searched on Instagram and… nothing.

All of a sudden, a thought popped into my mind: “Maybe YOU should start the account.”

I’m pretty sure I laughed. I’m not really an “Instagram” type person.

But… it also kinda sounded fun, PLUS I have always loved talking about the scriptures and sharing personal applications.

But wait… that would be weird to start an Instagram account and like, ask people to follow me.

Should I really do this?!

And then guess what scripture popped into my mind?

Now, I want to be clear. Guess which scripture the Holy Spirit brought to my mind as a way of communicating a powerful lesson that I needed to hear immediately?

It was one of the assigned scriptures that I had already been studying that introductory week.

Doctrine and Covenants 58:26-27:

“For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things…

“Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;”

It suddenly seemed so simple.

Would this be a righteous thing that would put good into the world?

Would I be using my own free will to be anxiously engaged in God’s work?

Then I didn’t need to be commanded to do it.

I could just decide to do it, purely because I wanted to, and because it was good.

So I opened up Instagram, and started @comefollowmestudy.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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