“I’m struggling to feel connected to these scriptures. Where’s my inspiration?!”
This has come to my mind a few times recently.
I LOVE connecting with God through the scriptures.
But things have felt a little… off?
Then I read a very simple scripture I know I had read many times before:
“Prepare thy heart to receive and obey the instructions which I am about to give unto you”. (D&C 132:3)
Boom.
That was the answer that I needed.
I needed to prepare my heart a bit better to receive whatever I needed the Spirit to give me in these scriptures.
I had grown lax with my preparation.
So I prayed for a softer, more prepared heart.
I humbled myself and was ready to be taught.
And then I read the scriptures again.
This time, I found what the Lord wanted to teach me.
At least, I found what He wanted to teach me right then, because I’m sure there is much more that I can learn.
Sometimes, we just need to prepare.
Prepare our hearts to be sensitive to hard things.
Prepare our hearts to not worry about the stuff that we don’t need to worry about right now.
Prepare our hearts to be a little more humble and submissive to the Spirit.
So that’s what I learned.
Scripture study isn’t always easy. Finding inspiration isn’t always easy.
Maybe the scriptures will be easy for you.
Maybe you’ll struggle a bit as I did.
It’s all good.
But there is still always something to learn, and my testimony of that was strengthened even more as the Lord taught me about the power of preparation.
“The condition of our hearts directly affects our sensitivity to spiritual things.” – Gerald N. Lund
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
