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this post should take approximately three minutes to read from start to finish.
I just realized now that it was so much easier to divide the Devotional highlights into three different posts. Oops. There are so much that really stood out to me.
This post focuses on June 2019 Brigham Young University (BYU) Devotional and it is called, "Choose to Trust the Lord" by Sister Michalyn Steele. This post is part three. I would like to share with you some highlights while I was reading the Devotional.
Sister Steele has mentioned the following; "As we put our trust in the Lord and lean not on our own limited understanding of eternal things, the individualized path He has designed for each of His children will unfold. It is marvelous to contemplate that although He is the great God of the universe and the works of His hands are beyond our numbering, each of us is known and loved by Him. Indeed, we are “graven . . . upon the palms of [His] hands.”
To fulfill God’s purposes for our lives, we must learn to trust in His love and goodness, even in times when we feel alone just as Jesus felt alone. ... The Savior felt the hunger, thirst, fatigue, rejection, grief, pain, and loneliness of His mortal experiences. He even asked that the unimaginable weight of His burden of sorrow and pain be removed, if possible.
... The experience of Jesus in Gethsemane teaches me that it is not a sin to desire that we be spared some experiences or to ask that burdens be removed. The pain of those crossroads, in which our will and the Father’s will diverge, is profound. Nevertheless, Jesus modeled how such moments are best resolved: choosing, because of our love for the Father, to trust His will. We trust Him by receiving the Lord’s counsel rather than insisting that He take ours.
Principle Number 3: Love Abundantly
The third principle that I would urge you to adopt is to love abundantly. In most any situation we face, love really is the answer. We can trust that the will of the Lord is motivated entirely by perfect love. When we cannot understand the things that are happening or the things that are not happening the one true constant is the perfect love of God. You can trust it entirely.
Alma counseled the people of the Church to avoid contention and to have “their hearts knit together in unity and in love one towards another.” I have found that my happiness is multiplied and my challenges are dulled when I have opened my heart to be knit in loving ties to friends, colleagues, and family.
The Savior commanded us to love even our enemies and to do good to those who despitefully use us. My life is not defined by the blessings I have not received but by the abundance of love and blessings that I have received. ... Choosing to love is choosing to heal from the spiritual wounds inflicted by injustice and suffering.
One important way that we magnify our love to others and to the Lord is through the words that we speak. Many Native American creation stories describe the world’s creation as having been brought about because the Creator spoke it. Speaking is, in a way, giving birth to ideas and forming and shaping our reality.
... Our words are powerful beyond measure. Words have the power to create and heal, but they also have the power to destroy and wound. Let us speak with abundant love and use the power that is ours to heal and build others, just as the Savior uses His.
Most important, we should not place conditions or limits on the love that we offer to our Father in Heaven and His Son. But even when we have done so, having withheld love or obedience, He stands ever ready to receive and heal us. As often as we will repent, He will forgive. His arms are ever outstretched. We can trust His love. ..."
If you would like to read the whole Devotional or listen to the whole Devotional, here is the link below.
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