Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance. Imagine if all of these things were crammed into the greatest gift given to us... Well guess what? It is! I'll give ya a hint: You received this gift when you were baptized and confirmed. Ding Ding! You guessed it. The Holy Ghost. Good job guys, you're so smart. ;) haha but really, this gift should be treasured and something that we always hold on to and cherish. The Holy Ghost has been a huge blessing in my life, I always want to strive to be worthy of having it with me.
I remember one Young Women's lesson where us girls were handed a cute little mini cardboard box. It had a tag tied to it titled, "The greatest gift". We were invited to open it up and as we did we saw that there was nothing in it. Not a single thing. This box represented the Spirit or The Holy Ghost. This special gift is not tangible, nor is it something we can hold and play with. Yet, it is priceless. I also remember another lesson where we discussed ways that we can "Filter out the static of Satan" or ways that we can invite the spirit into our lives. Here are the 9 ways! 1. Sincerely and humbly pray. 2. Act promptly on spiritual impressions. K, hold up. All of these that I'll name are super important but this one stands out to me the most. I remember times that I have actually done this and acted on promptings, and other times where I haven't and I have definitely regretted it. I'll share one of those times... It happened actually this past Friday! Me and my 19 yr old brother Enrique went to the Provo Town Center Mall to just walk around and return some things. He was taking forever so I just sat by myself waiting for him on a bench. It was later in the day so it wasn't very busy and there weren't very many people walking around. A few would pass by me here and there. As usual, I was just scrolling through my phone when I looked up to my left and saw this older guy walking slowly down this walkway towards where I was sitting. I didn't think much of it until he got closer and kept staring my way. Eventually he was only a few feet away from me aimlessly pacing back and fourth super sketchily (if that's even a word ;)) he wasn't carrying any shopping bags or anything with him. Just empty handed. The longer he paced and stared the more uneasy and uncomfortable I felt. At this point, I just did not have a good feeling. Something wasn't right. I quickly said just a short prayer in my mind to keep me safe and know how to handle this situation... There was an escalator just a couple feet away to my left and I felt I should get up and head down it away from him. And so I stood up to do so but then I hesitated. At this point the guy slowly began walking away and heading towards the "exit" door. That was definitely a blessing but I do regret not fully leaving. I'll never know what this guy was up to but I can't deny the horrible feeling I felt. Looking back, I should've went completely down the escalator. But who knows, I could've been followed. Everything happens for a reason and I believe I was totally being watched over. So basically, listen to the spirit and always be open to act upon the promptings quickly :) 3. Search the scriptures daily. 4. Live the law of the fast. 5. Be worthy and worship in the temple. 6. "Trifle not with sacred things." 7. Be prepared to move forward in faith. 8. Let the Lord decide details of what and when he chooses to reveal. and last but not least 9. Heed prophetic warnings. To end I just wanna share a quote by Linda K. Burton. She says, "One of the best blessings we can receive as we learn to hear the voice of the Spirit is the ability to see ourselves as we are seen by our Father in Heaven, and, 'slowly by slowly, small by small,' become our very best selves." Hope all you lovelies are having a fab Sunday! Much love, Ness.
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"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." - James 1:5-6 Quote Of The Week:
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