Reflection and Understanding

I like to understand why things are the way they are.

Why I am the way I am.

I feel that if I can't understand what I'm feeling, the least I can do is try to understand where that feeling is coming from.

For example, when I am angry (which is a secondary emotion) I try to figure out what initial emotion caused that anger.

This can be hard sometimes, because, at least right now, it seems that no one knows less about me than I seem to.

Weird eh?

But that is how it seems at the moment.

So I try to ask the person who knows me best, my Heavenly Father.

Usually I get an answer.

But not in this most recent scenario I find myself in.

Frustrating?

YES.

Until this morning.

This morning I got an answer...kind of.

Let me explain.

This morning I was reading the beginning of 3 Nephi 27.

Specifically verses 4-5.

They state:

4) And the Lord said unto them: Verily, verily, I say unto you, why is it that the people should murmur and dispute because of this thing?

5) Have they not read the scriptures...

Previous to these verses the disciples of Christ had just asked what they should name the church because people had been arguing about the matter.  Those verses were the beginning of Christ's response.

Basically, why do we wonder over some things when the scriptures have the answers.

That had a big impact on me, then my alarm went off and I had to go make breakfast.

Interestingly enough I decided to read an old Ensign article while I ate.

The article was Finding Answers by Joseph Fielding Mcconkie.

Did it tell me how to find the answers I seek?

YES...in exactly the same way that the scriptures from this morning stated.

The summary paragraph at the beginning of the article says:

"It is not the design of heaven that we be rescued from all difficult situations.  Rather, it is the Lord's will that we learn to handle them."

So how did it tell me to handle my desperate situations?

The same way that Christ told his apostles.

1. Pray to my Heavenly Father.
2. Read the scriptures and the words of the modern prophets and apostles.
3. Read over those blessings I inspirations I have already been given (which is why it is important to write them down!!!) 

So this morning I had my prayers answered in an unexpected way.

While I didn't get the answer I thought I wanted, I got the one that will help me the most.

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