This week there were two lessons that were reinforced that I learned. The first hearing the words of the Lord or following the promptings and working hard to change your circumstances so you can be an effective instrument.
This past Thursday night I decided to check out some movies. As I gave the movies to the library I got the prompting to ask the librarian out. I wasn't really attracted to her so I put off the thought. I walked out in the cold and just sat down contemplating on what just happened. I knew what I had done and knew that I should ask her out but I just wasn't attracted to her in the slightest and that would be such a rash move. I felt like I had notion to lose. If she said no, it wouldn't be that big of a deal because I wasn't interested and if she said yes then I got a date. So I worked up the courage to go back in the library and mustered out the sentence "Hey, my name is Eric, do you want to go out tomorrow?" "Well, uh, thanks but I have a boyfriend." I believed her but I thought about why I would get that prompting if she was already dating her. But after I asked her out I couldn't help smiling. I had felt so much joy for being obedient. I have never felt so happy being rejected before it was a very weird feeling. I realized after that God might not have sent me that prompting so I could get a date but rather to feel the spirit.
Then on Saturday I got a ride home from a temple worker from Venezuela after we finished our shift. He told me about he has lived in the US for about 9 months and his efforts in learning English he spoke about how he is going to an English ward, serving in the temple in English and just finished reading the entire Book of Mormon in English. What a great example to me who is striving to receive the Gift of Tongues. I know if I want to keep up my Spanish it will take effort but it can be done!
These are just a few things that I remembered I learned when I serving the Lord in the great state of Texas!
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