Since late November 2014, Susan has been trying to decide how to make our apartment more "home like". Everything is in shades of gray or white -- gray walls, gray cupboards, gray carpet, gray chairs, gray couches and a black/green granite counter tops. Most the other furniture is white. Even the the throw pillows are gray, with a couple of specks of yellow.
She has been trying to decide what to do in order to add some decorative color to our mostly grey apartment. Anyone who has been to our home in Utah has seen the colored vinyl images on our walls. She has ordered a large vinyl picture of our grandchildren to put on the apartment wall and has been thinking about ordering a vinyl quote of our mission scripture. Because of this she kept having an impression to verify the scripture that is on the plaque in our home ward.
Finally last week she asked our daughter to go to our ward building and verify if our scripture was:
Proverbs 3: 5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
Much to our surprise, she sent back a photo of the mission plaque with a totally different scripture on it. Paslms 3:5-6 -- look it up, it has a totally different meaning.
What did we learn from this? - - When you get a prompting ACT UPON IT. Susan has had the impression to check on this scripture since at least Thanksgiving. That was 3 months ago.
"The gift of the Holy Ghost, if you consent, will guide and protect you and even correct your actions. It is a spiritual voice that comes into the mind as a thought or a feeling put into your heart . . . It is not expected that you go through life without making mistakes, but you will not make major mistakes without first being warned by the promptings of the spirit. This promise applies to all members of the Church." President Boyd K. Packer, "Counsel to Youth," Ensign, Nov 2011.
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