It’s not tangible.

We have physical tangible reminders, amazing experiences, breathtaking miracles that can all serve as great memory anchors. ⁣

But when it all comes down to it, I think our Heavenly Father wants us to really have FAITH in His plan and His love, which means believing and trusting. ⁣

It’s a beautiful system, I think. ⁣

But what about when questions come? ⁣

Maybe it’s a difficult time in your life and you all of a sudden question whether there is a God who loves you.

Maybe you learn something you’ve never heard before and you don’t think it fits into the rest of what you’ve learned in the gospel. ⁣

So what do we do when we hit a faith crisis, of any kind?

There is tons of great advice out there that I could share, but I believe John shares the most important piece. ⁣

“…Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” (Revelation 3:11)

Since our faith is not tangible, it can be SO EASY to throw away the faith we already have. ⁣

It was a delusion. That didn’t really happen the way I remember. That was just a coincidence. I was just feeling emotional. ⁣

These are all easy excuses to fall into to throw away the faith we have already gained.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” – Dumbledore, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”

We have to HOLD FAST to what we already have.

We have to CLING to the faith promoting and testimony building experiences we have already had. ⁣

We have to TRUST what we have felt before while we grapple with other difficult questions. ⁣

And in this way, NO ONE or NO SITUATION or NO THING can take away our crown.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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It’s one of the biggest warnings given throughout scripture.

Because you know what Satan is so good at?

Making it seem like we can’t trust our spiritual memories.

Oh, there’s no way you were actually feeling the Spirit at girls camp. That was just all your happy emotions.

That wasn’t a miracle, it was just a coincidence.

You didn’t really receive a prompting to do that.

He’s so sneaky at making us distrust our own memories, right?!

And I think the adversary succeeded pretty well at convincing the Israelites that their memories, as well as the memories of their ancestors, deceived them.

And there on the battle field, facing Goliath, none of them were remembering what God had done for them.

They were just stuck in the moment.

But David?

He remembered.

“David said moreover, The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.” (1 Samuel 17:37)

He KNEW he could defeat the Philistine BECAUSE he remembered what the Lord had already done in the past.

The Lord had strengthened David and delivered David from all sorts of dangerous situations.

And David remembered and accurately gave credit to God for his protection in the past.

This remembrance gave David the spiritual confidence to trust in the Lord again!

Do we have accurate spiritual memories, or are we letting time affect how we give credit to the Lord?

Remember. Remember the spiritual experiences from the past in order to gain strength for the giants ahead.

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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