Ok so I think that this counts, haha actually I know that this counts as a SAYGOBEDO because it is like perfect. So in church I was given the responsibility to be the home teacher for a girl who was recently baptized. That being the case, there is a lot that she doesn't know yet about our church, and it has been a great opportunity for me to continue teaching. I felt deprived since having returned home from my mission 5 months ago. So this was a wonderful blessing in my life. Yep that is my story... haha just kidding. There is a lot more to it than that. Ok so today this girl, Kristi, came over and I had a lesson planned out on scripture study for her. Well, this morning before she came, I was rereading some stuff in the Say Go Be Do book, and I was in the zone you could say to be looking for those things. When we sat down to start, I didn't feel like sticking to my lesson plan, so I said I wanna read you something, and ran to grab my book. I read her some passages and we started to have an amazing discussion on following the promptings of the spirit in say go be do fashion. When she left, she told me that this was exactly what she had been needing for some time now in order to make larger steps into the church. She wanted to become more involved but had some hold ups. After the lesson, she said that everything was more clear, and she left with resolve to follow the spirit. Afterwards, I thought to myself that it was all too easy, but then again the Lord doesn't make it complicated for us. So that was a great way to kick my fanny into gear and jump into this YFF preparation fully committed.
Thanks Brad! Good work. I wish that I could have been there for that discussion!
A couple of months ago I had an extremely impactful experience that I keep coming back to -I guess you could say it was a turning point in my life. There was something that I wanted very badly and knew without a doubt was part of God's plan for me, yet I got impatient and decided that I wanted it my way, not His. I tried to take control rather than letting Him be the guiding voice. Let me just say right now that that never works, and for me the whole affair ended in disaster. In addition to more public and private humiliation than I'd ever experienced before, I found myself doubting everything - who I was, whether God (that SayGoBeDo voice) really exists, whether He really speaks to me, whether I am really worth anything, whether the life path and education I'd chosen really meant anything etc. etc. The day after the experience I sat in my room, too numb to cry, and pulled a blanket over my head. I said something to the effect of "I really just want to crawl under a blanket for the rest of my life. I don't want to go on. I don't know how to handle this kind of dissapointment and pain and embaressment. Can't I just stay here?" I really meant it.
Then the voice came. It said, "Yes, Emily, you could stay under this blanket for the rest of your life. Not literally under this blanket, but metaphorically you could hide who you are, dwell on this experience, shrink from the world, and never again test your courage and your wings. You could do that. Or, you could use this experience as a catalyst to step into Who you really are, the person you are meant to be."
There, under a blanket in my room, I made probably the most important decision of my entire life. I chose to come out. I chose to step into the person I'd always meant to be but never had the courage to actually become. It is not easy, it has taken and continues to take hard work, humility, and a dedication to the absolute truth,yet the fruits of that experience are beyond anything I could have ever imagined. No matter what the cost, I choose to be me.
My internet stopped working yesterday, but I will report that though I didn't have a SayGoBeDo moment yesterday, I did chose my motivated self over my un-motivated self, and I am glad I did!
Today is my friend's birthay, and we celebrated by going out to dinner and going shopping. I do not like shopping, or going to the mall, but I went anyways. Maybe a reason I don't like to go is because as soon as I step inside, I am bombarded with advertisements of what I "should" look like - pictures of people with perfect smiles and perfect clothes, perfect bodies, etc. I try not to let it get to me, but I started feeling discouraged. A thought came to me, "You know, Victorie, beauty is more than just on the outside.True beauty is in the soul. You do not need to look just like the models." I remembered that true beauty comes from within, and that the beauty of the world is different than the beauty of God. I do not have to listen to the world, because it doesn't matter what the world thinks, only what God thinks. I am beautiful, because I am His.
Ok so I think that this counts, haha actually I know that this counts as a SAYGOBEDO because it is like perfect. So in church I was given the responsibility to be the home teacher for a girl who was recently baptized. That being the case, there is a lot that she doesn't know yet about our church, and it has been a great opportunity for me to continue teaching. I felt deprived since having returned home from my mission 5 months ago. So this was a wonderful blessing in my life. Yep that is my story... haha just kidding. There is a lot more to it than that. Ok so today this girl, Kristi, came over and I had a lesson planned out on scripture study for her. Well, this morning before she came, I was rereading some stuff in the Say Go Be Do book, and I was in the zone you could say to be looking for those things. When we sat down to start, I didn't feel like sticking to my lesson plan, so I said I wanna read you something, and ran to grab my book. I read her some passages and we started to have an amazing discussion on following the promptings of the spirit in say go be do fashion. When she left, she told me that this was exactly what she had been needing for some time now in order to make larger steps into the church. She wanted to become more involved but had some hold ups. After the lesson, she said that everything was more clear, and she left with resolve to follow the spirit. Afterwards, I thought to myself that it was all too easy, but then again the Lord doesn't make it complicated for us. So that was a great way to kick my fanny into gear and jump into this YFF preparation fully committed.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brad! Good work. I wish that I could have been there for that discussion!
ReplyDeleteA couple of months ago I had an extremely impactful experience that I keep coming back to -I guess you could say it was a turning point in my life. There was something that I wanted very badly and knew without a doubt was part of God's plan for me, yet I got impatient and decided that I wanted it my way, not His. I tried to take control rather than letting Him be the guiding voice. Let me just say right now that that never works, and for me the whole affair ended in disaster. In addition to more public and private humiliation than I'd ever experienced before, I found myself doubting everything - who I was, whether God (that SayGoBeDo voice) really exists, whether He really speaks to me, whether I am really worth anything, whether the life path and education I'd chosen really meant anything etc. etc. The day after the experience I sat in my room, too numb to cry, and pulled a blanket over my head. I said something to the effect of "I really just want to crawl under a blanket for the rest of my life. I don't want to go on. I don't know how to handle this kind of dissapointment and pain and embaressment. Can't I just stay here?" I really meant it.
Then the voice came. It said, "Yes, Emily, you could stay under this blanket for the rest of your life. Not literally under this blanket, but metaphorically you could hide who you are, dwell on this experience, shrink from the world, and never again test your courage and your wings. You could do that. Or, you could use this experience as a catalyst to step into Who you really are, the person you are meant to be."
There, under a blanket in my room, I made probably the most important decision of my entire life. I chose to come out. I chose to step into the person I'd always meant to be but never had the courage to actually become. It is not easy, it has taken and continues to take hard work, humility, and a dedication to the absolute truth,yet the fruits of that experience are beyond anything I could have ever imagined. No matter what the cost, I choose to be me.
My internet stopped working yesterday, but I will report that though I didn't have a SayGoBeDo moment yesterday, I did chose my motivated self over my un-motivated self, and I am glad I did!
ReplyDeleteToday is my friend's birthay, and we celebrated by going out to dinner and going shopping. I do not like shopping, or going to the mall, but I went anyways. Maybe a reason I don't like to go is because as soon as I step inside, I am bombarded with advertisements of what I "should" look like - pictures of people with perfect smiles and perfect clothes, perfect bodies, etc. I try not to let it get to me, but I started feeling discouraged. A thought came to me, "You know, Victorie, beauty is more than just on the outside.True beauty is in the soul. You do not need to look just like the models." I remembered that true beauty comes from within, and that the beauty of the world is different than the beauty of God. I do not have to listen to the world, because it doesn't matter what the world thinks, only what God thinks. I am beautiful, because I am His.