Dallin and I read the Book of Mormon in one weekend! We listened to it starting Saturday and finishing Monday moring. I had never read the Book of Mormon all the way through and felt that I wouldn't unless I just buckled down and got it done. So that's what we did! I believe that we have been incredibly blessed because of this. My testimony of this book has grown and it was really interesting to read the book all together as a history rather than a chapter or verse. The stories all came together and it made so much sense to me.
We are taking a scripture study class this semester and I have learned so much about myself and the way I study the scriptures best. For me, it doesn't work to read the scriptures daily going cover to cover. I worry too much about distance and don't get a lot out of my reading that way. I study best by picking a topic and going to a few different places or by picking a story and studying that event. Sometimes I just open randomly and read that page. Wherever I read, I read it twice. After I've finished the passage I've chosen, marking things that stand out to me, I read it again. Sometimes a third time too. Reading the passage more than once ALWAYS opens up more revelation and learning for me. The second and third time around the scriptures always seem to apply to me and my life. I am able to learn so much that way. I've been a lot closer to the spirit and have seen the hand of God in my life since I have been more diligently reading my scriptures.
Dallin and I went on a date a couple weekends ago and had such a good time. We devoted our whole Saturday to simply having fun together and we did. We had a great time and I haven't felt that happy in so long. We went to bear world and had a bear approach our car which was really cool to experience. We did the petting zoo and even fed the ducks. In the petting zoo we found the grouchy pot bellied pig that my family had found when we went so many years ago. Seriously the grouchiest pig ever. After bear world we did some random shopping and went to dinner. I fell in love with my husband all over again and and very grateful we were able to have such an enjoyable day!
We've been stressing about trying to find a job and finding a place to live for a couple months now. We did a lot of praying and made a lot of calls. It was leading to a lot of dead ends and nothing really felt good. Nothing felt right. Then Dallin had a really good feeling to call a good friend of his, thinking for sure this job was going to work because he had such a good feeling about it. Well, it didn't work out. It was confusing. We were back to square one. Then, a few days later Dallin received a call from a man in Dietrich. He was offering Dallin a job. It was a HUGE blessing. A couple weeks later we went down to Declo for the weekend and Dallin went to Dietrich to find out more about the job and if it would work for us. Turns out, it was perfect. It better than we could have imagined. It comes with a four bedroom house! (Best part of the deal in my opinion.) Dallin will get a work pickup too. This job is better than we hoped.
We were disappointed because nothing was feeling right to us, disappointed that nothing was coming together. But I know now it was because God had something better planned for us. Sometimes we have plans for ourselves that sound really good, but God always has something even better in store for us if we are patient and follow him. He loves us so much. I feel so blessed and so grateful. I feel very undeserving of the blessings God is willing to give me but I am thankful he blesses me anyway.
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