A strong weightlifting hiker gets stuck on an icy cold snowy mountain top. Heart pounding. Avalanche prepared to fall. Wonder and hope freezes as doubt is building up. Not a rescue team in sight. All the strength in one man's workout couldn't hold back nature's arm. How would one survive the fall?When an athlete swimmer gets stuck in a whirlpool, is all the former training enough to get him out? Or is it all forgotten while anxiety takes over? Everyone knows he's the best Olympic swimmer; so, no one thought to keep an eye on him as he swam out to sea. Wonder and hope splash dangerously to stay above the depths of doubt.
Everyone has skills, talents, dreams and abilities; but, even so everyone has weaknesses. Doubt has a way of finding us when we thought we were at the top of our game. What is a dream without hope? What is a talent or skill without practice? - non existent - If we choose to allow faith and hope to rein our path, doubt becomes non existent.
When an avalanche is tumbling and crushing your dreams and hopes, use that snow from the avalanche and build a structure of strength and passion. When the whirlpool is sucking you down in the depths of despair, relax and remember who you are and what you're capable of.
We need to learn how to trust ourselves and our Creator. We are made to overcome our weaknesses as they are shown unto us (Ether 12:27). Life was never meant to be easy; for, how would you learn if perfection was given on a silver platter? Trust is personal and a big step. Whether it's within oneself or with another. Do you trust yourself to do the right thing? Do you trust God to lead you down the path that will bring you the most joy even though you can't see it right now? You can overcome doubt and fear as you allow faith and hope to lead and guide your life.
Sculpt that sculpture! Remember your strength and worth! And learn to trust! In doing so, your path will lead to treasures untold!
Today's talk, the most intriguing moment was when thee Elder from the 70s said and I quote; in the private consciousness of ones mind lies the spirit. I thought wow! Ive never heard that before, unciously thats a theory I've kinda been in agreeance with. Obviously because it made so much sense to me, I just never spoke of thee words or heard anyone else speak of them, any who yet and still this is why they were so intriguing. And now to hear you talk, my sister about faith within one's self as mankind is concerned, and to hear you talk of all the different things one can perfect and accomplish while here in this earthly realm is grand. Yet still we are spiritual beings having human experiences its amazing how through the simple principle of faith in oneself one can acquire and achieve all things and live in abundance and see Gods awesome glory for his children. Im importantly reminded of faith and thee practice of sound prayer when reading your passage. Another instance that underscores this very truth of our power bestow to us from God, is meeting you way out on green valley prky and than seeing you move was like wow where so powerful... its like thee earth stoped, seeing you move around your room was like some new enlightenment that thee earth turns and that all things were thoughts of man, and all things were put here to help us and guide us. I just think your so intelectul were so powerful the word of God is so grand in all its complexity and beauties its so much like us imperfect yet glorious. I totally agree through faith in thee heavenly father we can do all things through him because the glory be for him.
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