Today at church I tried REALLY hard to pay attention. Usually I'm on Pinterest the whole time, but today I made an effort to pay close attention and really try to learn something from the talks and lessons.
Sacrament meeting was really good, and I wrote stuff down - yay for me! It helps when you actually know who the speakers are :). I also highlighted some things on my phone. Here they are:
So this picture was given to the men, but I think the highlighted section applies to everyone. There really are times when we think that we can't possibly get anywhere, but we really just have to push through it and surround ourselves with people that make us want to get somewhere. Which is something that I have been trying to do, and have taken quite big strides if I do say so myself.
This little segment was so great to me. When Clint pointed out this quote, I thought that it was so stinking true. Every time we make a decision, it usually leads one way or the other in the end. It may take a hard turn, and make you unhappy for a time, but later, making that hard decision and getting through it could yield so many blessings that may never have come about without making that decision. One choice that I KNOW will lead to happiness - duh - is the Gospel. It is something that doesn't lead to unhappiness. For some, it may be hard to give up lifestyle choices, but in the end, it will lead to only happy things that make you so much better than you could have had.
In Sunday School the lesson was on "Marriage in the Covenant". Our teacher was great, and it was interesting to hear what a single adult ward thinks of it. I'd only ever had this lesson in family wards, so it was different. Everyone seemed to be a little bitter about it... like, they were upset that they weren't married yet. Then there's me, who is 19 and SO not ready to be married. And since people I know are either engaged, dating seriously or already married, I am torn between whether I feel pressured to go on a mission or hurry up and get married. I'm not seriously looking to marry anyone, I still think I'm too young even though I do know people who married when they were my age (or a little older - like my mom) who are happily married.
So, yeah, it was quite an experience listening to what they thought about it.
I think that I have come to a decision of sorts. I am pretty sure that I want to go on a mission. The only issue is that I am SO not ready yet. Not in the way that I have things to repent of or anything, but I am so not up to the spiritual standard. I was thinking about it today, and I am thinking that I am going to see what happens when I turn 20. And if I feel like I'm kinda ready I'll prep and go, and if not, I'll wait some more until I'm 21. If that offends anyone, I'm sorry, but just because the age was lowered, doesn't mean everyone has to go when they are 19. If you're ready then, good for you, but some of us still have some growing to do.
See, I can be spiritual sometimes... OH! Last week, not this last one, but the one before that, I went to the temple to do baptisms. I wasn't able to physically do them, but actually making the effort to go made a difference. And we have ward baptisms this week, and I think that I am going to try my darnedest to go.
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