The Lord's Will (click on the picture to see the full view)

Dan and I had a discussion a while back. I was telling him about something when I said the phrase, " Doing the Lord's will". He commented how he thought people used that phrase as a "filler" because the truth was it was really their own will they wanted and not the Lord's. I was shocked and stunned that he would say such a thing! But that started me thinking, do we really use The Lord's Will as a filler or do we sincerely want his will to be done in our lives?
I thought about my life and everything going on with it. I realized I was wanting my house to sell, to move to Rigby, and all of it in the time frame I wanted. Dan had been right! I was wanting my will and I was wanting the Lord to sign off on it! So I stopped and thought about my prayers. I sincerely wanted the Lords blessings in my life and for my family, and I realized that His Will was apart of that. I also realized that,that meant my house might not sell or Rigby might not be the place for us or it might not all happen when I want it to.

That was a sobering moment for me to realize the Lord's will is not always our will. ( I know some of you had realized this before, but I can be a slower learner some days!) But then it made me think some more about how far are we willing to go or do to do the Lord's will? If He said to drop everything and head back to Missouri would you go? Or what if He asked you to get a two years supply of food storage, or give up tobacco, coffee, or Alcohol? Easy some of you are probably saying, well what if it was more like asking you to give up your job and your home to move in with Family to take care of them, or have them move in with you? Or what if it was to give up the thing your love doing to make a better life for your family by doing something you didn't enjoy? Could you do it? Or moving to the place you hated the most because it was best for your family ( and no I am not meaning us)? Or having 2 babies instead of 10 or 10 instead of 2? or giving up the life or your child or spouse?
I realized that sometimes it is easy to say, " The Lord's will be done", as long as it is my will also, but if it goes against what I want than not such a good thing anymore! It is hard to give up things we love and things we want in order to do what the Lord wants. But I know that the blessings we can reap are more than we can comprehend or imagine!
These changes in our life the last few months have put me on a spiritual journey I never expected but am extremely grateful for! I know I have changed and all of it for the better! You might say well what i wanted happened. But I don't know if that is true or not. I do know that my prayers have become very personal and my desires for my life and my families have become much more Christ Centered!
One more thought. I recently read the book, the Shack by W.P. young! It helped me in this journey! It is not by an LDS author though. But I know it is an amazing eye opening journey! I loved it! I recommend you read it! Your won't regret it! I also hope that each of you will think about the Lord's Will in your own lives and what that means! Thanks for Listening!