Day Three: You Have to Act

Day Three: You Have to Act

Now this was nothing that I really read today, but it was something that I have seen twice this week and today I saw a little lesson that could apply in our lives. The university that I go to has something called an institute of religion. This is a building that the LDS church has built a building where there are many courses from all the scriptures. There are courses on the Book of Mormon, Old Testaments, New Testaments, Modern day Teachings of the Prophet(since we do believe that there is a prophet of God on the earth day just like moses, or Noah). It is a great way to keep everything in line and to have that spiritual boast to you day. But moving on, at the institute I go to there is parking for  students that attend. But like I told you I have seen something twice this week and it has been in the parking lot. I have seen a cop two different times be giving someone a ticket in there. Now I would assume that the people getting the tickets were speeding through campus and turned in to park. But something hit me on how this can apply in my own life.

How it can apply is that, we can not just be apart of the church and find protection. But we must active in the church and more specifically in the gospel. As Christ said " Ask, and it chall be given you, seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be open unto you." (Matthew 7:7) All the invitation he gave were ones of action. Knock, seek, and ask. I'm not saying we work out our own salvation but we do need to put effort in our testimony of Christ. From reading to praying to service and even bearing our testimonies to others. Action seem to always follow with our love for the savior. As we actively participate in the Gospel and church then we will find the blessing we need and a better relationship with Christ and others. 

Little do I know!

Little did I know!

This last winter I had a situation happen to me, I found it very interesting of how it all happened that I had to write about it. I am a college student who loves sports, I know shocker. Well on a Friday I was at a pick up soccer game, which I shouldn't have since I was a completive swimmer for ten year (lets just say fish do not do very well on land). I had been recovering from a recent sprained ankle, but finally felt good enough to play on it. My soccer game was right after work, I had only enough time to pick something up on my was home hurry and change and then fun to the game. As I was picking up some dinner I had a feeling to ask a friend who was a the sport medicine program at the local college to see if she could tape my ankle (just to be safe). She said she could, and that she was actually already go to the game for a friend, we decided that we would just meet there and that she would tape me up then. When I got there I only had a few min to get ready, I told her in the rash that it was fine and that my ankle was good. She ask me if I was sure, and I told her I was. But right when I was about to turn and wait for the game to start I had the feeling that I should have her tape it for me. So I turned around and asked her again and she did, it was the best taping job I had ever had.
As the game started we were playing hard by the half we were down by one. We felt good and knew this was the best game we had played in the last week or so. As the game went on my competitive nature started to get the best of me and I felt like the whole game depended on my. As I decided to play harder I felt like I was Lionel Messi or something. I sat the ball coming towards me and had the idea to head it way since it was by the goal. As I went up I
completely missed the ball and landed directly on the

side of my foot and heard a pop and knew that it was not good. As I limped off the to the side I was feeling like I was going to throw up from how much pain was in my ankle. I couldn't put any wait on it and I barley could move it. When I got home I went on got a priesthood blessing of healing from some friends and iced and rest it. I could barely lay around with out it hurting. Anything I did hurt even if a fly landed on it! that is a little extreme, but you get the point.
As I went to the doc he told me that I needed to be on crutches for 3 weeks, a hard boat brace for 2-3 weeks and then a soft brace until I have strength. As I heard that news it was hard for me to swallow since I love playing sports.

A few weeks later I was sitting in the library studying for my finals when out of the blue this hit me. I was suppose to get hurt, it was God's will. You may ask how is it God's will? Well let me tell you what I believe was insight given to me from a loving Heavenly Father. I had been praying for weeks that I would be able to study for my finals and that I would do good. But for weeks I had increased my study effort very little. I felt the spirit testify to me that he had allowed, not caused, but allowed this to happen to me so that I would be guided to study more since before I would play sports at least two times a week if not three times a week. So by having that injury it caused took away some of those distractions so that I could make the better choice to study more. But something else hit me, that God wanted this pain and injury to last as little as possible and so he guided my friend that she would be at the game so that my ankle could be pre-wrapped and minimize the amount of injury caused to my ankle. Also by a one month and 3 weeks I was back to playing basketball, I know that was caused by the blessing of health working in my life!
I know that God does hear our prays and he does guide our lives, and that it may not always be in the way that we want it to be, but it will be in the way that we need it to be. I would challenge you to ask yourself this week, What might have been the hand of God guiding your life that you may have over looked. I know if you do look for his hand that you will feel his love more in your life and that you will have a stronger sense of purpose and love.