10-6-11 He did deliver me from bondage” Step 7, p. 95

10-6-11  He did deliver me from bondage”  Step 7, p. 95

I had a little victory yesterday after reading part of this chapter.  I was able to work through morning chores with the children for an hour and “continue in patience”.  Being pregnant, it seems to be harder to keep my emotions in check.  Yesterday I remember gaining power from the thought of choosing to respond (respond righteously p.100) instead of choosing to react.  I have all these crazy emotions on the inside, but I am trying to not react with them-  Instead to respond with a tempered tongue.  It’s the image I once heard of a duck that looks clam on the top of the water but is paddling like mad underneath.  I also gained a lot of strength from choosing to believe that God will carry me (Hilary Weeks song.)  I am practicing this with a quirky toilet I have that sometimes flushes and sometimes doesn’t.  I am using it to practice my faith to know that God wants to help me and will change the elements to help me bring about my righteous desires.  This is the perfect faith of the Stripling Sons who “did not doubt”.  Every time I flush my toilet I get to practice holding firm to these thoughts.  I know it sounds funny- a toilet and faith.  But God is using these circumstances to teach me faith through living.  The crazy thing is that my thoughts actually seem to effect the outcome of weather or not the toilet actually flushes.  I try to ask the Spirit the thoughts I need to alter when it doesn’t’ work, or recognize that in a moment I doubted.  It’s great practice as the consequences are not severe.  (The toilet just fills up to the top of the rim and doesn’t overflow.)  I used to think it was just annoying and wanted a new toilet, then I started using it to my advantage as I began to learn these things though Leslie Householder (Jackrabbit Factor author.) 

Found this talk today. http://lds.org/new-era/2008/01/steadfast-and-immovable-always-abounding-in-good-works?lang=eng&query=stripling+warriors

 It connects mission to steadfast and immovable faith.  I memorized Helaman 5:12 scripture as motivated by Elder Scott in conference a couple days ago. 

Listened to “He’ll Carry You”  Hilary Weeks