DAY 242 --- Counsel With Him In Everything

I was told I am too hard on myself.  I don't believe that.  Sorry Joe.  But I feel that everyone has a battle and or struggle every day between the forces of evil and the influences of good. Everyone can choose to be good or be bad.  Or even to ignore the feelings of contentment and Spirit, or they can go through the motions and just endure each day.

As I have shared before here, our Stake President said that we should every day feel the influence of the Spirit, or every day we should receive revelations.  He asked, "Do we have a loving Father in Heaven that loves us on certain days, on days that end in y or some other letter."  He really didn't say that, but it felt good to write it.  But the fact of the matter is, we do have a Father that never ends watching over us, caring about us, and desiring that we would be worthy of His influence.  He is ready to shower upon us great blessings, great insights, and direction so we can indeed realize dreams.

So, yesterday, I did not feel His Spirit within my soul or my heart.  I endured the day.  It was not a good day, nor a bad day.  It was just a day.  So, you are asking about today.

Well as I started my day, I discussed this idea with  my Father.  I explained to Him that I thought each of His children should touch bases with Him each day and feel of His direction each day.  I told Him I would be watching for His "touch" today.

So, in my morning reading I read Alma 37:37 where we are commanded to counsel with Him in ALL our doings.  And then it promises that He will direct us.  If we counsel with Him in ALL our doings each day, the I am sure we should be touching bases with Him every day.  We would even be feeling His Spirit, His love, His concern for us through all our actions.

YES, I have felt His influence today in a feeling of comfort that He knows where I am and what I am doing.  He is aware of me and my goals and dreams.  He even directed me in a few things I had to say to those with whom I work.  He was present.  So today was not just enduring it was communing with Father.  It was a day of communication with Father, a day when I knew He loved me, and He know where I was and what I was doing.  Shouldn't every day be?