By small and simple things are great things brought to pass

My life is full of wonderful experiences. Not all would seem that way from a glance but when viewed with an eternal perspective they truly are great blessings from Heavenly Father. I am grateful for every opportunity I have been blessed with, the good and the seemingly bad. I feel the greatest thing that has come through all these experiences is the growth in my understanding of my relationship with the Holy Ghost. I have much more to learn and I am trying to remember that through each day. Every moment of each day is a chance for me to grow closer to the spirit. I may not recognize it in each moment, maybe not that day or week or year or even in this life but every life event, small and large adds to my experience and knowledge. I pray I will be in tune with the spirit so that I can learn from my experiences sooner than later that way I can move on to learning new things. I feel at times the Lord has to teach me the same things over and over again but I have a great desire to learn and grow closer to Him. More humility will be necessary for me to immediately heed and understand the Spirit's instruction in my life.

I feel it would be beneficial to reflect on past experiences I have had learning from the Holy Ghost so that I can better see and understand our relationship and my responsibilities in it. And also to recognize the daily blessings, mercies, and miracles the Lord has given to me.

One day, actually it was on my 19th birthday I believe, October 8, 2009 I was rushing to get out the door for golf practice. I was half way up the stairs of my basement apartment when I the thought "put on your tennis shoes." came to me. "Eh, nope flip flops are good" I thought and continued up the stairs, I would be changing to my golf shoes as soon as I got to the course anyway. As I reached the top step I got the urge to change my shoes again. As fast as I could I went back down the stairs and put on my tennis shoes, not thinking much of it after that. I was almost to the course and a little boy around the age of 7 began frantically waving at me as I drove by. I drove a little past then decided to turn around. The little boy had tears streaming down his face. "My dog ran away and I cannot catch him!" He cried to me. I began helping this sweet boy chase down his dog and lets just say this was quite an adventure. I walked the boy and his dog back up the hill to his home. As I got back in my car and drove to practice I realized how difficult and maybe even impossible it would have been to help this little boy had I not listened to the quiet suggestion of the Holy Ghost to change out of my flip flops to tennis shoes.

These types of experiences may seem unimportant but for me they are monumental in the development of my relationship with the Holy Ghost and my understanding of God's hand in everyday life. These things are what I use to fill my heart with gratitude :). I pray I will be more aware of these experiences in my life in this way I will be more available to the suggestions of the Spirit and I will be able to remember more clearly my relationship with Heavenly Father.

(I will be adding more of these experiences as I continue this blog.)