Nothing is Impossible

Lessons Learned: This week I learned that I shouldn’t doubt myself, especially when I’ve got God on my side. If I am doing something good for the good of others, and I’ve asked for help from Heavenly Father, He will be there for me and help me excel. I’ve learned this from many regular life experiences, and even through the process of starting a snow shack this past summer. When we involve God in our endeavors, whatever they may be, we can’t fail. I also learned from Elder Holland’s message that there is never a good time to give up hope. Only after the trial of our faith will be able to see the blessings of our efforts (Ether 12:6).

Lessons Yet to Learn: I have yet to learn how to change my thinking. I don’t want to always go with my first idea because I know I can think more deeply creatively. I think I need to spend some time pondering and evaluating my ideas and maybe look at them in other ways to come up with something truly brilliant. I am looking forward to learning how to be a better leader. I’m timid, reserved and not very confident, but I want to make changes that will help me be confident, secure with who I am and what I stand for, and bolder in my decisions and plans for the future.

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Wheat & Tares

Prophecy Fulfilled Why is the world so incredibly wicked? Why do seemingly strong members of the Church abandon their faith in favor of the "soothsayers (2 Nephi 12:6)" and the smooth words of Satan? It seems like the "elect" are leaving in droves. You can probably name a handful of friends or family members who have left the Church, right? What I have learned, and what makes sense to me, is that these are the last days. God is hastening His work and we are having to strengthen our testimonies for ourselves. We are not commanded in everything. We must turn to God in all our decisions and choices. The new "For the Strength of Youth" guide is evidence of this. As the wheat and tares grow together (D&C 86), harvest season approaches. I believe we are being tested to see how strong we are, to see what we are made of, to see if we will stay on the Lord's side no matter what is growing around us. This is what is supposed to happen. It has all been prop...

Service is Why

Lessons Learned : Learning about becoming a game-changer has been a game-changer for me this week. I soaked in all the talks and articles about the purpose of business. Of course, Elder Holland’s talk on the beggar in us all was fantastic to revisit, but since I’d never heard the talk by Elder Gay before, I was hit by his message particularly hard. The concept of “rag missions” got me thinking about why I’m even pursuing this degree in business. Elder Gay says that a person’s attitude toward wealth is “critical” in business. He was humble and grateful in delivering his message and seems to have always had a sense of his “why.” Lessons Yet to Learn : I still need to figure out what the Lord wants me to do. Maybe it’s right in front of me and I just can’t see it yet, but I feel like I need Him to make it even more obvious. I also need to rethink my “why.” I’m probably too motivated by the dollar signs, even though I want to justify my business ideas as service. I’ve got to...

Believe or Believe Not, There is No Becoming

Lessons learned: My favorite reading from this week’s assignment was President Dallin H. Oak’s talk, the Challenge to Become . Having a testimony or simply knowing information does not qualify us for exaltation. We must do and act in order to make use of what we have, and that allows us to reach our potential, as ones possessed with “the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13). There truly is a difference in believing something and living what you believe. Lessons Yet to Learn: From President Oak’s talk, I found something I truly need to work on. He said, “…we should remember that our family relationships – even more than our Church callings – are the setting in which the most important part of that development can occur.” I know I can do better to develop better relationships with my husband and children. I need to do better to engage them in “wholesome recreational activities” (The Family: A Proclamation to the World). Our earthly time is limited, an...

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