Understanding That You Won’t Always Understand

This week in New Testament we talked about Paul’s second mission. Throughout his journey I have found myself relating to him in so many ways. During high school I didn’t always seek to follow the spirit or do the right thing, but when college came around I knew that the decisions I was making were to big to not go to my Heavenly Father. When I got into both University of Utah and BYU I felt that although I wanted to go to the University of Utah the Holy Ghost was leading me elsewhere. The choice was not easy. Coming to BYU was a big adjustment. I had never had a curfew or really understood what it meant to be modest and was terrified of one piece swimming suits. Never the less I trusted that Heavenly would help me through it and he surely did. Overtime I was able to see changes in myself that I now am so grateful for. Like Paul’s mission the hard thing made me more committed to the gospel and determined to press forward. Paul in Acts 16:7 they think that they should leave towards Bithynia, but are told instead not to. Then later they are told not to even teach in Asia. Paul must have felt confused why the logical answers in his mind were not always matching up with the answers given by the Holy Spirit. In class we discussed that the spirit will most often tell you what to do and even sometimes how to do it, but he usually will not tell you why you are doing it. For this reason as my husband and I recently considered where we should be next year considered all our options and let each of them play out. We were able to understand what we were supposed to do and we are still figuring out the how. Like many experiences in the past I have guessed at the reasons why, but always am amazed at what more Heavenly Father has in store for me that I never imagined such as Paul’s success in Corinth.