I have made it a point in my life to not become who I was before my best two years. THAT Skyler is long gone, and sometimes he wants to come back because those days were just so fun, carefree, and pleasurable. That's what makes it so tempting to go back.
But I was completely and utterly unhappy. And that is what keeps me clear of the traps I fell for in the past.
That is why I have made it a point to have the past remind me that the best thing that can happen (and, very literally, HAS happened on my mission) to me right now is change!
I have a question for all of you guys out there. (For the very, very, very, few that have read and are reading my first blog.)
As you been going through life where everything seems to be going just fine, and it really is, but the temptations of the enemy come in? It seems that at the very moment that we do not expect to be tempted is the exact moment that those temptations come! We must ever be prepared!
This just might be a rhetorical question because I have yet to tell everyone about my new blogging skills. ;) Well I want to know exactly what YOU do at that time that the enemy sets an ambush? How do you handle that?
I know in my life that if I stop saying my morning, and nightly prayers that leaves a HUGE gap in my life that is quite difficult to bridge over during the day. Many people that don't have a religious background may say that prayer doesn't really matter, but I can testify to you that prayer is one of the greatest things that you can do in your life! Those who say that it just doesn't matter are those who haven't really tried it, tested it, and ultimately RELIED on it. I can say that on my mission, I relied on prayer as if it were the last thing holding me up from giving in. Just like the boy Joseph Smith. A small and simple prayer brought to pass the restoration of the fullness of the gospel.
So, think just for a moment... What can you do to make prayer more meaningful in your life?
The love of the Lord is great, and in my life I have felt it ESPECIALLY on my mission. I know when I messed up and forgot to say my prayers, it's really easy to do on those days that you get up late for class, or work, or whatever it may be; and the only thing you have on your mind is to head out and get going with your day. Well the worst comes when you blow off that prompting from the Lord. Because then you do not have the promise of protection as mentioned in D&C 82:10. That is my goal in "post-mission" life. Keep close to the spirit, stay within the bounds the Lord has set, and He will be able to ever guide me (as well as you) home. Talk to your Heavenly Father today. He misses you so.
"We were all given two principle things when we were born: Free agency, and the Light of Christ. We must use the Light of Christ to influence our Free Agency, and in no time, after diligent practice, we will use our Free Agency to choose the way that the Light of Christ has influenced us in the past. It's an awesome upward cycle!""Never postpone a prompting"
-President Monson
Well that's all for today folks. :)
S.C.F... Out!
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