Thursday, November 8, 2012

It's Read!

Jack just came up stairs, after he was supposed to be sleeping, and said he needed me to tell him a story so he could go to sleep.  Is he trying to say my stories are just boring enough to help him fall asleep?  No, he usually laughs at them, remembers them and wants me to share them over and over again.  So there I was searching my mind for a story to tell.  A few days ago as I was pondering things a story from my mission popped in my head and made me think about listening to and acting on the promptings of the spirit.  Here's the story.

I was driving to a Zone Conference one day in Port Elizabeth with my companion, Elder Travis Youngberg, a former companion Elder Justin Merrill and his companion Elder Lee Donly.  Elder Youngberg and Elder Donly were both new missionaries and Elder Merrill and I were training them.  They were both practicing scriptures they had learned and we were working to get Elder Donly prepared for his first Zone Conference.  Elder Donly was reciting a scripture and I was watching him periodically through the rear view, it allowed me to feel a little more connected.  Well Donly was doing a good job on one and Merrill starts saying "it's read, it's read, it's read"  and I was like; Dude, so he's reading it, big deal..."  I then looked up and realized that Merrill was telling me that the light was red as we came skidding to a halt in the intersection.  Slightly embarrassed and very lucky.  there was no cross traffic. 

Jack thought that story was hilarious and he had a good laugh.  I'm certain to be sharing it with him again soon.  Anyhow, sometimes the Spirit is telling us something and we simply fail to hear or understand. Sometimes we look up just at the right time and and suddenly the message makes sense.  Well, I hope that I can hear the word of the Lord clearly and act on the things he would have me do.     

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