Go and Do

When we say our prayers, we traditionally ask for those things that we need - preceded by what we are grateful for. Oftentimes, we seek for certain things (blessings) or maybe simply to have the comfort of speaking with our loving Heavenly Father and that He does listen.

Unfortunately, we suddenly get fearful when we receive those answers; possibly due to the method it was answered or simply that it WAS answered and we don't know what to do or say - we maybe have not prepared ourselves well enough (or at all) in the event that an answer would in fact come. We all have wishes and worthy desires, and sometimes we don't think of how our life would be different when we get that answer... like those who seek for praise by others but are in reality afraid of all the attention they would unexpectedly receive... if that makes any sense.

I've received soooo many answers to prayers, and regrettably I hid from some of those answers, because it meant I had to change - that I had to accept God's will in that moment. And sometimes, I had to realize, that I couldn't stay where I was at - I had to move forward and endure through those changes and LEARN because that is what we are commanded, or rather, expected to do. Even if it means us letting go of some bad habits, or our time, or even sleep, we must do and say what has been revealed to us. There is no other way to get around it. We must go and do.

It often gives me strength, when I think of what happened to me 4 years ago - an unexpected answer, or rather, answers. That was a spring-board, per se, of what I needed to do in that segment of my life. I cannot always dwell on that one experience which I hold very sacred to my heart, we are to seek for more experiences to reinforce our strengths and testimonies. My flu bug I caught on January 1st of this year, was my spring-board for this year... and each of my pitfalls thus far in the first 3 months have consumed much less of my time and energy, because I quickly realize what I have, and that this year is not a year for me to be sad, but a year to be the most happy thus far in my life - that thought instantly makes me so much more happy and positive. And hopefully I will not cower at what is revealed to me, but accept it, and go and do it.

And just like Abraham Lincoln said: "The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time." :)