"Yea, for this cause I have said: Stop and stand still until I command thee, and I will provide means whereby thou mayest accomplish the thing which I have commanded thee."
Doctrine and Covenants 5:34
Sometimes life is crazy. Lately, it's crazy double time.
With work and a finace and no time and cold weather and wedding plans and insurance confusion and no money and apartment hunting and crazy students and grumpy parents and lots of meetings and friends to keep up with and sleep to get and exercise to pretend to worry about and phone calls to make and bills to pay and church callings to fulfill and anxiety to overcome, I am feeling swamped.
My mind is constantly moving. I feel the need to always be on the go and always be doing something or solving some problem or worrying about some concern.
I cannot remember the last time I was truly still.
When I read that scripture I felt like my brain was punched.
Yes, my brain.
I realized how much time I spend asking for answers and how little time I spend actually listening for them.
How can Heavenly Father possibly speak to me when my brain is running around like one of my ADHD students on red bull?
He can't. It's that simple.
It's going to take practice, but today begins the "still movement" in my life.
Less noise. More peace.
Wish me luck.
Sometimes life is crazy. Lately, it's crazy double time.
With work and a finace and no time and cold weather and wedding plans and insurance confusion and no money and apartment hunting and crazy students and grumpy parents and lots of meetings and friends to keep up with and sleep to get and exercise to pretend to worry about and phone calls to make and bills to pay and church callings to fulfill and anxiety to overcome, I am feeling swamped.
My mind is constantly moving. I feel the need to always be on the go and always be doing something or solving some problem or worrying about some concern.
I cannot remember the last time I was truly still.
When I read that scripture I felt like my brain was punched.
Yes, my brain.
I realized how much time I spend asking for answers and how little time I spend actually listening for them.
How can Heavenly Father possibly speak to me when my brain is running around like one of my ADHD students on red bull?
He can't. It's that simple.
It's going to take practice, but today begins the "still movement" in my life.
Less noise. More peace.
Wish me luck.
just breathe :-)
ReplyDeleteIsn't it crazy? I feel like life got really complicated the first few months of engagement...it's still crazy! But you can do it! This is such a good scripture to remember.
ReplyDeleteAlso, for your engagement pictures post-I really like the ones where your heads are meshed together in that spiral thing...I think it's symbolic of your "becoming one"....hahahah you goofs!
man I really needed this today. Good thing I was so behind on your blog and needed to catch up :) LOVE YOU! PS text me on how I can follow this blog because I can't figure it out...
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