This summer I felt deeply impressed that I needed to start the Pathways program this Fall semester. Which is utterly Crazy (yes with a capital C). I am getting ready to move from Georgia to Texas (with most of our stuff in a storage unit in Pennsylvania). My husband just barely got home from deployment and I want to spend time with him. Still I knew that Heavenly Father wanted me to do it and I started in the middle of September. I am so glad I followed that revelation from God to me. It has honestly filled my life with so much spiritual goodness that I can't imagine why I didn't do it earlier. It is an amazing program and if you are thinking about doing it and feel good about it, do it now.
One of our weekly assignments for class is to share what we learn with others (isn't that so cool). So this week I decided to share an experience I had recently and something I learned in my Book of Mormon class. If you aren't excited, you should be, it is awesome.
Elder David A Bednar one of the 12 apostles of our day said in his talk entitled "The Spirit of Revelation" that there are two patterns of revelation. One is like a light being turned on in a dark room, it is immediate and intense. This type of revelation is rare. The other pattern of revelation is like the sun rising in the morning. It is the more common pattern of revelation. "The gradual increase from the rising sun is like receiving a message from God 'line upon line, precept upon precept' (2 Nephi 28:30)" As soon as I read this, I realized that many of the experiences I had been having in my own life were indeed line upon line. I will share only one recent experiences to illustrate my point.
After we got our official orders to move to Texas we started looking for a house. Our immediate thought was to live on base at Fort Hood. I even submitted the paperwork to do it. Then one day while praying and after talking to my husband, we started to look in the neighboring cities by the base. We found a house we liked and applied to rent the house, but they wanted a much earlier move in date then we were comfortable with. During this time I was texting with my good friend Laura Hughes who just moved from the area. Laura puts me into contact with a friend of hers from the area who is a realtor. That friend sends me a house that is more expensive than I was looking for. The house is beautiful and I can't get my mind off of it. She looks at it for us and sends us the video and we apply for the house.When 3 or 4 days go by and we still don't even know if our application is accepted despite numerous calls on our part, I am praying to know what to do and then I call my husband. He says, well lets look at other houses and I know that is the right choice. We find another house with the first company and get everything squared away to rent that house. We both felt much better about working with this company.
I realize that this is such a small thing, finding a place to live, but I also know there is no such thing as too small to the Lord. He truly answered my prayers to know where we need to go when we move. I don't know why we need to live in this area or if that house really matters all that much. What I do know is that the Lord led us there and there is a reason. I am grateful that He led me "line upon line" because it made our family closer together as we looked together and discussed plans and prayed together. I know that the revelation I receive is more often only a little bit at a time and it slowly leads and guides me to where I need to be or what I need to learn. Now I just need to enjoy and accept when I am getting that little bit and hold on until it all comes together.
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