Ok, so needless to say, it's been awhile. Just wanted to bring ya'll up to speed on what's going on in my life. I've made some pretty significant changes within the last week.
Let's start off this story with Sunday. On Sunday I was not feeling well and really didn't want to go to church but something nudged me and I knew that I had to go. I am so glad that I went. The first speaker spoke on her service mission that she did at the LDS employment resource center. I thought that it was very interesting. The next talk was on personal revelation. I really want to thank the girl who gave that talk. The last talk was on making friends.
After church we had my cousins over for dinner. During the course of the evening my cousin told me that he was making some huge life decisions and that he prayed about it and finally had the strength to follow the promptings of the spirit. I really appreciate him sharing that story with me because I think it finally gave me the courage to do the same.
For the past month I have been praying about what the heck I am going to do with my life. I know that I need to go to school and finish my degree. I also knew that my job was really holding me back. The last thing that I knew for sure was that I needed to start reading the scriptures everyday and pray with a more sincere heart.
My answer finally came on Monday morning. It was one of the most spiritual and personal experiences I have ever had and has kind of led me on a path that I am a little scared of. I got the prompting that I should quit my job and that the Lord would provide a way for me to make money and change my life as long as I stayed faithful. So what did I do? I quit my job. I know it's probably shocking to a lot of people; especially do to the shortage of jobs in this area but it was something that I had to do.
The next thing that came to my mind was that I needed to do something to strengthen my testimony. As of yesterday I started a rigorous study of the Book of Mormon and I know that this time is going to be awesome and that I am going to get all the way through it. The main thing that I was prompted to do is to serve a service mission for our church like so many of the girls in my ward. The explanation that I have gotten about these is that they are like a mini mission and they don't have the same set of "rules" as regular missions.
So as of right now I am kind of in limbo but I trust that the Lord will guide my footsteps. I know that something good will come of this and I can't wait to find out what that is.
