Often when someone pursues a goal or a dream, there seems to be a major roadblock in front of them. This obstacle could be called a road block, a speed bump, a rock wall, or just plain a stoppage. (I remember when I was unemployed Bonnie suggested that I call the department of transportation and see if I could get a job as a speed bump.) (Not that she wanted to get rid of me, it was just we could not find any job that paid real money.)
About seven years ago when we moved to Brigham City, we had visions of making our bowling alley very successful and even had ideas of how we would spend our profit as we ended that endeavor. Instead of a profit, we left the bowling alley with a debt that we are still paying off two years later. That sweet ugly economy hit and everything went down the drain. In 1978 we were living in Twin Falls, Idaho and I changed jobs, obtaining a job in Salt Lake City. We knew we were going to sell our house. I went to SLC and exercising our faith put money down on a house in Sandy. Needless to say we encountered another stoppage and lost our money. One year later our house sold and we moved where Father wanted us to be, where I was later called as a bishop. We weren't to be in Sandy, but West Jordan. It was difficult that year commuting, but we learned many lessons.
Joseph Smith encountered blockages in his calling as a prophet of our dispensation. He was placed in jail many times and while in the Liberty Jail, he received and presented to the church some wonderful scriptures in the D and C.
Our financial situation has always encountered speed bumps, preventing us from realizing financial dreams, and thus now we are striving to get out of debt so we can serve a mission. Father knows why. I, humbly speaking, come up with great ideas, possibilities, but for some reason they seem to encounter financial prisons that prevent these inspired ideas from developing. I have started over 60 businesses and failed in almost all of them. Those speed bumps seems to live with us.
I have often lamented with Bonnie that I seem to have a detour sign put up in front of almost every idea I dream up. On days when I am not in tune with the Spirit, I find it difficult. On other days when I know that Father has reasons why things happen in my life, I am OK with it. I seem to be a little shy about dreaming up additional ideas, but that is who I am, and thus I continue to dream up new concepts.
Let the speed bumps, detours, road blockages continue to live with me, but I am going to continue to dream, see visions, and work toward their realization, one of which may help me realize that goal of having $50,000 in my bank account when we go on our mission. Rather than be an speed bump, I will fly over them with Divine help and turn those speed bumps into helps to have me become successful.
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