Urban Poly Princess

Ugly snow I had to brush off my car this morning. I have these beautiful black Calvin Klein boots I bought from TJ Maxx last year. I saw them when I was rearranging my closet. I am wearing them for the first time today. I wanted to feel better about the snow and that did the trick. I can't believe I've gone this whole Winter without wearing them.

This morning I wanted to take my time getting ready so I didn't do Zumba BUT I feel alright about that since I'll do it after I come home from skating tonight. I'm all about polishing my plan now and I am a little annoyed with myself for leaving my MAC at home. I'll get it later today. I want it for my presentation.

Enos

12 And it came to pass that after I had prayed and labored with all diligence, the Lord said unto me: I will grant unto thee according to thy desires, because of thy faith.

Enos prays AND labors with all diligence. Sometimes I wish prayer was all it took but I know that's not how that works. Unless I do everything in my power I can't expect my father in heaven to bless me ALTHOUGH he can and will help me do what I need to do. HOWEVER he will never do anything I can do myself.


I finished Mosiah yesterday so now I am picking books at random to read. Enos is such a powerful example of what earnest sincere prayer can bring. On my mission our district had a goal to pray for half an hour every night until our next district meeting in a week. It is hard to pray that long. I expressed a lot of gratitude that week simply because I ran out of things to say so I'd think about what I was grateful for. I'm sure I enjoyed benefits each day when I did that but it wasn't until our next district meeting that I really saw the benefit and blessing this was. We all felt the spirit so strong you could cut it with a butter knife. It was amazing. We all just sat there and basked in the feeling. I've never done that again although after that experience I should've tried.

I like how after Enos is granted forgiveness for his sins, he immediately wants his bretheren the Nephites to be blessed, and then his Lamanite brothers. It's not enough for him to enjoy the blessing, he wants others to feel that joy too.

Being a more Christian Christian - Robert D. Hales