General Conference Oct. 2011

Sorry for not updating as often as I promised, but I've never been very good with sticking to a "plan" or "schedule".
This weekend is kind of like a holiday for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, it's Conference weekend! Twice a year during the first weekend's of April and October members of the world wide church assemble in their homes and meeting houses to watch and listen to the prophets speak the words of God, we feel the Holy Ghost as the messages ring true. How blessed I am that I have belong to the true Church of God.
During the weeks leading up to Conference I have been praying and asking for guidance from the spirit so that my heart and mind may be open to receiving the messages that the Lord would send to me, I have not been disappointed. I love the Lord and my Savior Jesus Christ, there was a time in my life where it felt as if Christ were with me constantly, it was a time of much heart ache and confusion but I never ceased to pour my soul out to him and I always felt his love for me in return. Those days are gone and in some ways I am thankful that they are because I no longer have to suffer though those trials but, being on the other side and shone me that trials bring us closer to Christ if we allow them to. During this Conference I have been once again inspired to reconnect with my Savior, to search for the feelings and closeness that we once shared. I have also been inspired to fully engross my self in this Gospel, to no longer allow the distractions of the mortal world to get in the way. My goal: Whenever I feel the urge to do something wasteful (check facebook for the 6th time that morning for instance lol) I will open the scriptures instead, whenever I feel tempted to yell at my precious children I will sing a hymn in place of the anger, whenever I feel shortchanged or somehow less then what I really am I will count my blessings and search for a way to serve others. I know that these efforts will be met with adversity, I know this because they are righteous desires and Lucifer does not want me to be strengthened, he prefers I stay in my state of dissatisfaction with out doing anything to change. I know that as long as I am unhappy I am not doing the lords work but am in fact helping the Adversary because I am allowing my self to be dragged down and that's what he wants for me.
I have also been inspired to listen to the promptings of the spirit, I live my life according to the principles of the gospel which in turn means I am entitled to personal revelation, but what good does it do me if I ignore it because I am afraid of the out come? How often do we do something based on our own judgment and refuse to follow the counsel of the spirit because we think we know more? Or even if that's not an intentional thought, we're just plain afraid of what will happen if we do? Time and time again I ignore things I know to be sent from my father in heaven just because I fear the outcome might be uncomfortable, I will strive harder to do what I lord asks or counsels me to do.

I have so enjoyed this weekend and I am excited to finish this Conference, which I will do now with the last Sunday session. I may be back to post more later.
Have a great Sunday!