"Agency demands that I am freely consenting to the changes the Lord stands willing to make in me. To sacrifice is to know what it is I am willing to give up. If the Lord were to surprise me and change what I didn't know I was asking him to change, he would be changing parts of me without my consent. He would be usurping my will, which, since his work is precisely to invite us through our own volition to allow him to change our wills, is something he cannot do." p. 162
One of the speakers at church today pointed out that most of what we learn and feel is up to us. We are presented with all kinds of truth but it is up to us to decide to act on it. I know I am actively working on regular more thoughtful prayers, trying to improve my scripture study so that it is more than just reading, teaching the kids the gospel and trying to be an example so they see me living it daily, and so on but I know that my efforts are elementary and that there are richer relationships and insights to be had, but that it is up to me to find them because the Lord won't change me without my consent. Interesting...
**Thoughts??**
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That really is an interesting perspective. Sometimes I don't know really know how I need to change, just that I need to...
I am so happy that you're at the Cutler Hotel AND that you're blogging!
I am often fearful of what the Lord would do with my life if I said I was open to change. But, that's an experiment I may be undertaking very soon. My way alone doesn't work, and me trying to share the 'control' with the Lord only works part of the time...Do I have the faith and courage to go all out?
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