Are you sure?

I love the devotionals here at BYU-Idaho.  

This semester they have helped me out tremendously.  

One of my friends was telling me about a devotional given a few weeks ago

Read it here

Lately I have been making a lot of decisions and choices

as many of us do.  

Many times we get an answer that we feel to be right 

and then we talk to those around us and they ask

"Are you sure?"

She talked about how Satan uses that as a tool to doubt ourselves. 

I am not at all implying that well-meaning people asking that question are associated with satan. 

But those feelings of doubt after we have received an answer are. 

Once we have received the answer, sometimes it's really challenging to remember that,

 when we are faced with doubt and fear. 

"We must also learn to trust the still, small voice of the Spirit. Through the priesthood and by the laying on of hands, we have received the privilege of enjoying the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost, a member of the Godhead, as we remain worthy."

"Learning to recognize how the Spirit speaks to you in simple daily experiences is crucial. The accuser, even Satan, will attempt to wear you down, planting seeds of doubt, fear, discouragement, and frustration in an attempt to weaken your faith. He will try to fill your mind with feelings of inadequacy and doubt, wanting to keep you from trusting and heeding the promptings from the Holy Ghost that enter your mind and heart even in small and simple things."

"Are you sure?" At times, even a simple small question of doubt can cause us to question ourselves and weaken our resolve. "

~Linz

Mission Series: Choices

So I'm about to get a bit honest. 

My mission taught me so much.

But it's crazy how fast I have forgotten those lessons. 

My mission president told me that would happen. 

That would be Satan's ultimate goal, to make me forget. 

Before I left on a mission, I had 4 classes and an internship left.

Essentially a semester left.  

I would be graduating with a degree in Healthcare Administration.

About a few months into my mission, I didn't really feel like I wanted to do that anymore. 

I put it off, I'll worry about it when I get home. 

Well, I am now home and it's been hard. 

I feel behind in life compared to others. 

I feel a bit lost. 

Unsure of what I want to do with my life. 

Everyone told me that it would be ok, I have time, no return missionary knows what they want when they come home. 

Which I knew it would be fine.
It's all in God's hands.
Does that make it easier?
But maybe, I was starting to use it as a crutch. 

To go backwards instead of forwards.  

This weekend I had the opportunity to attend Power to Become Conference.  

This conference was great! 

I learned so much and took tons of notes.  

It was both informative, inspirational, fun, and powerful. 

But the main message that I learned was this:

Don't be paralyzed by indecision.

I remembered learning this as a missionary. 

 God can't move a parked car.

As you are moving, course correction will happen.  

~Linz