Changes

After reading my blog, a good friend who sees me just about every day, wondered what in the world had been going in my life right under her nose to bring about such major changes in my life. I told her "You know, just life stuff, life crap" (real poetic, eh)! Talk about vague and even negative merely because I struggle with sharing such a personal experience in detail for fear of making it sound trite. I feel a bit more comfortable in this type of forum... so here goes.

From past experience, when you pray for a certain spiritual gift, or pray for greater understanding regarding any gospel topic, or when you pray for further light and knowledge, more than likely one of the ways you will be taught what you seek is through experience. Now, because of the spiritual/sacred nature of what I have been experiencing, I will not go in to detail. Just suffice it to say, there is a certain thing I have been inspired to pray for... for years... but have been putting off afraid of what trial/test of faith/experience might follow. Call it a lack of faith if you will... frankly, that's what it was. Finally, recently, I got the courage and wherewithall to do it... I finally prayed for it...I finally asked sincerely for it... and all at once, within days of my prayer, things started happening in rapid succession. Good things, bad things, crazy things, amazing things... all together, all related and all-encompassing.

I have never seen (or probably just never noticed) such a dramatic answer to my sincere prayer. It has happened much like a domino effect. It is as though He has been setting up this dramatic scene for me that would enhance every single aspect of my existence now and forever... He has just been waiting for me to ask for the one thing that would start everything in motion. It is absolutely amazing!

Anyways, along with teaching me at a more personal level about this gift and about myself, He has also given me a completely unexpected gift, I believe, as a result of my stepping out in faith: My relationship with my husband has quadrupled in intensity, love, insight, unity, togetherness, intimacy, perspective, etc. etc. etc. and I thought we were doing great, that we were in a good place, when all of the sudden it has just been magnified and taken to a level we have never before been. Though I know we are not yet close to what "Celestial Love" truly is, we have taken large steps in that direction and I am in awe of what the Lord is doing in my life!

So there you go, Andrea. Have an even more vague answer to go along with the first! At least this one used more words! Thanks for your concern... Love ya.