The following arises out of a morning’s scripture study which included Helaman 3:27-30, 35.(scroll down to 35)
In followup to a post ‘mortality’s curriculum’, one could ask ‘how is it done’? How do I stay committed to a life consistent with Heavenly Father’s plan for me, paid for through the blood of His Son?… a price I cannot fathom and therefore will never really appreciate?
It is done one day at a time, sometimes one hour or minute at a time when life’s circumstances (and my own blunders) make it really hard (or the adversary tries to ‘win me’). Instead, I value/seek a consistent, heart felt, unshakable commitment (faith in Christ), in those things that when done, invite Christ into my life… doing what I feel coming to me when I pray and read scripture. (In this I learn to become patient with myself and others. The process can be so slow I have trouble noticing any change.)
If I feel nothing, I never give up because He will never give up on me! Seeming silence from him is a tool the Lord uses to increase my capacity, commitment, and strength to do what He wants for me… to embrace a path of increased faith. Were I to see the whole picture of my journey and the resulting reward from Heavenly Father, I would have no spiritual growth (or initiative?) through faith, an essential element for eternal possibilities. first posted by kdm 11.20.15, revision 4.18.17

