The music that I needed to clean up, the prayers that I was forgetting to say, the ministering assignment I wasn’t doing…

And slowly, this phrase started being added to more and more of my prayers:⁣

“Please let me know what I can let drop out of my life that will help me to feel the Spirit more.”⁣

That’s why I love President Nelson’s message so much. ⁣

“Pray to identify the debris you should remove from your life so you can become more worthy.” – Russell M. Nelson  

This idea that we all have the junky debris that is keeping us from our full potential. ⁣

It’s not straight up sin or filled with evil. ⁣

But it’s keeping the Spirit from being as present as possible in my life. ⁣

It’s keeping me zoned out and enjoying a dramatic storyline, instead of having that thought to text a friend. ⁣

It’s keeping me scrolling through a feed looking at pictures I don’t really care about, instead of spending a few more minutes in the scriptures being taught a lesson I need to hear. ⁣

It’s keeping me with frustratingly impossible standards for my family members, instead of learning how to love unconditionally. ⁣

The debris blocks out a lot if I let it pile up. ⁣

The Lord also gave this advice to Joseph Smith’s own family in D&C 93:48:⁣

“Your family must needs repent and forsake some things”. ⁣

Repent = change; Forsake = forget⁣

Your family needs to forget some things they are doing, and make some changes. ⁣

Don’t we all need to hear that message?!⁣

I want to build so many great things in my life. I want to build places of beauty, of love, of safety. ⁣

I want to build sacred places in my life. ⁣

But even with the best intentions and the perfect building plans…

I have to start by clearing the debris.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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