Personal Revelation

So now I want to talk about Sheri Dew's last point about personal revelation.

Lately I've thought a lot about personal revelation and I wanted to share an experience. It's a personal experience to me, but mostly I want to share it because I believe that as we share some experiences of how we see and recognize God's hand in our life, the more we can become aware of the many ways God communicates with us that we maybe haven't recognized. So here you go :)...

Thursday, July 30, 2009 - morning study

This morning during my study I received a special blessing from my favorite apostle :). Ha, no not really. I wish. But I decided to do something I tried about a year ago when I was going through a hard time.

This past week I've really felt unmotivated. I've still been doing the work, but I haven't felt that my heart has been all the way there. And I guess I just know myself well enough to know what it feels like when I am all the way there. I think I just keep thinking about a lot of different things and maybe I just start going around in circles and I lose focus or become distracted.

So I decided to do this thing I did once. What I did was I imagined that President Hinckley (don't laugh, I really did this :) ) was giving me a blessing. And that he listened to me. And he heard everything I had to say, and he truly understood how I felt. And then he gave me a blessing. I imagined what he would say to me in this blessing and guess what. I had written it all down, and there it was--personal revelation to me from a loving Father in Heaven who is not so far away. And it was exactly what I needed to hear. So in a way I didn't need President Hinckley, I just needed the spirit and to be still and to listen with my heart.

So I did it again, with someone different this time. And as I prayed and listened I received this special blessing from God.

"Amanda, please know how much your Heavenly Father loves you. Don't worry too much about the small things that seem big now. Keep turning to the Lord and have faith in Him, and as you move forward in doing His work you will see the miracle He makes with us."

That was it. And how much peace and comfort and warmth filled my heart. Really. I know that God lives and He is near. Through the Holy Ghost we can feel His love and know He is our Father and that we are His sons and daughters, with divine potential to be like Him.