What am I doing with my life?
Because low key I ask myself that question all the time. I think we all do. Dead-end jobs, a lack of direction, break-ups, unemployment, COVID, etc. The feeling that you are not progressing can be one of the HARDEST ones to reconcile and figure out for all of us.
Stuart Edge explains the point very well and I love when he says,
"I believe God is involved in our lives. And when we have hope for the future, and then are consistent in our efforts, our spiritual eyes are opened and we more clearly see our Father's hand working in our life."
His video is DEFINITELY worth the watch.
Watch video here.
This week I had the chance to catch up with a friend. I reflected on where I was a year ago (unemployed, directionless, single, and very unsure of the future). I felt pretty discouraged and down about where I was at in my life. I worked two different jobs that year with their own ups and downs and struggled to figure out what I was doing with my life.
During that time, I gave a talk in my church about the Jaredites, an ancient people in the Book of Mormon. It was based on the talk, "Consistent and Resilient Trust." by Elder Todd Budge.
One thing I realized is that the Jaredites were on the water for 344 DAYS.
Things take time to unfold.
That day I encouraged everyone, but mostly myself, to trust that the Lord was guiding us and that the "winds" we were experiencing were for our good. They are the exact thing leading us to where we need to go.
These moments are when we feel the least guided and directed, but they are also the moments when we are finally humble enough to be directed.
It is a chance to let Him guide you. A chance for you to change who you are through the Savior. And a chance for you to exercise your faith in your own ability to make decisions and receive direction.
Link to talk here.
This Sunday, September 27th, will be 344 DAYS since I gave that talk.
I look at where I am now and where the Lord has guided me to.
Literally, my whole life has changed.
In that time, because of impressions I felt during General Conference, I was prompted to apply for Graduate School. That led me to take the GRE. While studying for the GRE in the library, I met Sam.
After a while, we started dating. Then COVID hit. Sam and I were able to spend more time together, and our relationship deepened. We were just married a little over a month ago, and I am working hard at my graduate degree.
You just don't know what is coming in your life.
The Lord has SO MUCH in store for you. Choose to have faith in good things to come. Pray for them, work for them, write yourself a letter, and wait in faith for them. They may not be something as drastic as marriage, or your career taking off.
It may just be the next step. Either way, you can trust in His guidance for your individual life.
Please listen to General Conference next weekend. Believe that the Lord loves you enough to speak to you.
No matter how directionless you may feel now, know that He believes in you.
So you should too.
Love,
Lindy
More Resources on This Subject That Have Helped Me:
"You sometimes wonder whether the Lord really knows what he ought to do with you. You sometimes wonder if you know better than he does about what you ought to do and ought to become... I just want you to know that if you don't get what you think you out to get, remember, "God is the gardener here. He knows what he wants you to be." Submit yourselves to his will. Be worthy of his blessings, and you will get his blessings." - Hugh B. Brown.
"Your delivery from trial is important to Heavenly Father but so too is the growth you make while awaiting that relief. If all deliveries came immediately upon demand, the process of developing first-person faith would be aborted."- Elder Ronald J. Hammond
"From that experience, I learned that patience was far more than simply waiting for something to happen—patience required actively working toward worthwhile goals and not getting discouraged when results didn’t appear instantly or without effort." - Elder Uchtdorf
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