My Soul Hungered 11/100

Today I'm thankful for...

Today I'm feeling very grateful for good friends.

Last night was our (usually) monthly recipe night.

We get together to share recipes, food and fun.

I always love spending time with them

and being silly with them. 

They are amazing friends who can always be 

counted on even if we don't see each other 

as often as we wish we could.

I am truly blessed!

The Word...

Enos 1:3-8

"Behold, I went to hunt beasts in the forests; and the words which I had often heard my father speak concerning eternal life, and the joy of the saints, sunk deep into my heart. And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my foice high that it reached the heavens. And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed. And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away. And I said: Lord, how is it done? And he said unto me: Because of thy faith in Christ, who thou hast never before heard nor seen. And many years pass away before he shall manifest himself in the flesh; wherefore, go to, thy faith hath made thee whole."

I've always loved reading in the book of Enos.

Reading it today there are a few things that struck me.

His soul hungered.

He prays.

After some time,

He is forgiven and told he will be blessed

BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH IN CHRIST.

He was broken, but his faith in Christ

MADE HIM WHOLE.

How many times have I felt 

Broken.

Guilty.

Not enough.

Too much.

Horrible.

Sinful.

But.

BUT!

Having faith in Christ and his 

sacrifice and Atonement

has put me back together again.

Has helped me see the person

He created me to be.

Faith.

A simple solution.

It's not just believing something to be true.

It is an action.

I can't just believe I'll be put back together

by my Savior.

I have to put the work in.

Enos prayed "all the day long...

and when night came [he] 

did still raise [his] voice high 

that it reached the heavens."

I can't just say I have faith.

I get to put in the work.

I get to act to be made whole again.

I get to uncover the strength

I have been and can be

given through my Savior!

ACTION!

FAITH!

On my heart...

So today I was going through

the goals I had set for April

I realized that I was trying to

do some things that were not really

what's important for me,
My soul hungered.
Hungered for more than what I have been doing.

So after some thinking and some prayer

I realized I need to simplify.

I get to focus on the important things.

Instead of having a bunch of goals

that filled up my tending list,

I decided to choose a few to

focus my energy on.

My Handsome Guy was asking

me a few weeks ago

what I wanted to do now

that I've accomplished my old #1 goal
of getting married and having a baby.

At the time I didn't really have an answer.

Thinking about it today, 

I realized I still get to work on that goal

of having a husband and family.

It gets to continue on as we work together

to make it back to our Heavenly Father

and live as an eternal family.

Funny enough, my getting to read

The Christ-Centered Home

right now has been perfect for this time.
It has me thinking more

about what we are doing in our home

to work towards that goal.

All my goals for 2016 fit into that,

but I want to make sure that

when I write my goals for each month

that they align better with that goal.

What can I do to help my family 

create a Christ-centered home

that will help us be better and

remember the Savior.

So I have fewer goals this 

month, but they help me 

to work with my family.

Here are my daily goals:

*Write on Uncovering Strength.

*Daily scripture study.

*Keeping a prayer in my heart all day long.

*Daily chores to keep our house clean and inviting.

*Write in my Book of Evidences.

Weekly Goals:

*Christ-Centered FHE

*Date night/Family fun time

Monthly Goals:

*Finish reading the October 2015 General Conference addresses.

*Go to the temple.

I'm not quite finished thinking about it, 

so there could be more, 

but those are my goals to start with for this month.

God is good! He is there to help us accomplish anything!