A Serious One

You might not know it, but I usually try to be funny with my posts. They amuse me more than anyone else, I'm sure, but this post is more serious. I've been counseled to share more of my spiritual learnings, so here's my story.

Over the past couple years, several of my leaders have suggested that I read a General Conference talk by Elder Scott called " Aquiring Spiritual Knowledge". I did, but that was all. After my current bishop also suggested it, I decided that it was really something I needed to apply in my life and gave it one more go. This time I was determined to follow Elder Scott's counsel. I bought a little notebook and carried it around with me. Everywhere. I kept it ready during church meetings, wrote down impressions during scripture study and left it by my bed at night. For several weeks I didn't think much had changed. I felt as though inspiration was coming as it usually had - which is more than likely uncommonly slow. But last week was different.

I woke up at 2pm (usually wake up at 6pm - just in time to get ready for work and go) and couldn't get back to sleep. I decided to read the Sunday School lesson for the week. 10 verses in I had an impression, and wrote it down in my book. Nothing out of the ordinary. Something I typically get out of a good scripture study. Then I sat and pondered it for a while. More impressions came. I wrote them down. More pondering. More impressions. More writing. 6 pages went by. I was liking this. This was definitely not common. Then the really exciting part happened. I wrote down a thought, pondered it, re-read it, and realized that the impression that came was an answer to a question I have had for several years. A question that I have probably asked some of you, and question I know I asked the first bishop who recommended I read this talk.

I could hardly believe it. It worked for me just like it worked for Elder Scott. I highly recommend doing the same.