Ok so both Jackie and Desi opened up the topic of "the one" so I thought I would add and extra thought. I do not believe that the Lord will "pick" someone for you. We are all adults and I believe that He knows that eternity is a long time to live with someone that was picked by someone else. I recently read a study about second marriages where one person said, "I picked the first and it failed, God picked this one and that is why it works." I laughed so hard. Why would God pick your mate for you? That is the ultimate choice, the perfect vision of freewill, I do not believe that he would "pick" that person for you.
I DO believe, however, that he leads us and directs us. WOW is this a new concept? What, huh? There is a Holy Ghost out there? Yep, there is. Do I believe that God picked Matt for me? Nope. Do I believe that through the events in my life, he made it possible for us to meet. YEP.
Would I have joined the LDS church had my father lived? Nope.
Would I have moved to Marquette and met Jackie if I hadn't joined the LDS church? NOPE. (I moved there because I was the only LDS student at LSSU)
Would I have moved to TExas if my mother hadn't died? Nope.
Why Texas? Why go live with Rosie? Why not stay in Rudyard with one of my other 11 siblings? Because I believe that when I prayed about it the Lord told me that was best.
I met 3 other boys the same day I met Matt. Would I have talked to him if I hadn't been in the Relief Society and felt "compelled to meet everyone in the ward"? Maybe, maybe not. I believe that the Lord knows what is best for us. He places situations and people in our paths and what becomes of those things is up to us.
I am so grateful for the day Matt "fell in my path", I am so grateful that Jackie felt "compelled" to comment on my solo performance in college (making me love her instantly), I am so grateful that Matt struck up a conversation with Rick at church and helped bring sweet Desi into my life. We may choose, but the Lord gives us a little nudge I think.
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And you can't think what it is
If you feel a quiet longing
Lift your heart into the wind
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There you'll meet me as a friend
It is just a kindred feeling
And a song to let you in...
And you can't think what it is
If you feel a quiet longing
Lift your heart into the wind
There you'll find my kindred spirit
There you'll meet me as a friend
It is just a kindred feeling
And a song to let you in...
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One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts--just mere thoughts--are as powerful as electric batteries--as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison.
One of the new things people began to find out in the last century was that thoughts--just mere thoughts--are as powerful as electric batteries--as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison.
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1 comment:
Amen, Girl!!! Ya know...I think that Heavenly Father does bring people into our lives exactly when we need them and it is our choice what to do with them once they're there. Is that a form of "picking," implying more than mere "falling into our path"?
If we are led of the spirit--and even sometimes beyond our own leading, people are placed very strategically in our path, we absolutely have a choice whether or not to open ourselves to these people, but really--are not these our kindred spirits, sent as if by some prior arrangement to us, destined to have a significant impact in our lives? Are these not the ones who last...if we choose...beyond moves across the country--or marriages to boys from arizona?
I am more incllined to believe that YES, Heavenly father picked sucka and brought her into my world at Northern...and YES, at some point we each chose to do something with that introduction.
So...it's BOTH!! Divine placement AND choice.
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