Seminary Graduation

Julia graduated from seminary yesterday, May 23, 2010. I was an amazing meeting . I enjoyed all the speakers but especially President Webb. He spoke of the need to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost. We need to prepare ourselves each day and learn the language of the Holy Ghost. We don't demand that He learn our language. We learn His language. The reason why we read our scriptures each day and say our prayers and ponder is align ourselves with the Spirit. As we do this and remember Christ each day (walk a Godly walk as best we can each day) we will begin to hear the promptings. Parley Pratt eloquently said the Holy Ghost expands all of our faculties, talents, and abilities. It purifies our passions and desires. I need to find the quote. The Holy Ghost will guide us in all things that we are to do. The other option is to make our own decisions and tie ourselves up in knots. After many years of doing that, we are so tied up that we start pleading with the Lord for help. But it takes awhile for the Lord to untie all the knots. Since I am prone to make important decisions on the fly or based on limited knowledge, I find that I need to be still, silence my mind and wait on the Lord - before making any decision, major or minor. Maybe as I slow down, the answers will come and all my life knots can be unraveled.