Sometimes the Answers Take Time

Have you ever gotten an answer from Heaven? The unmitigated, no-doubt-it-is-from-the-Lord type of answer? The kind that you just bask in the glow of the feelings as long as you can, wishing you could bottle it up and open it when the doubts or troubles come again?

In the October 2021 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Russell M. Nelson said, “…[It] it is now time that we each implement extraordinary measures—perhaps measures we have never taken before—to strengthen our personal spiritual foundations. Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures. (emphasis added).”

What has that message meant to you over the past few months? What are your “unprecedented measures”? I have been asking the Lord just that. What would You have me do? What do I need? This blog has been one of those answers.

I also was recently nudged to keep a record each day of how I see the Lord in my life. Just a sentence or two. I haven’t been at it long, but today I was blessed with a special moment I felt I should share. I had that “ah” type of moment described above.

The past few years have been a tangle of stretching highs and lows. I’m sure you can relate. It has worn me out. Some things that used to help carry me through previously, just do not seem to cut it lately. Leaving me wondering, what am I doing wrong? I have been praying for direction – for a while. A few days ago, I came across this message from Sharon Eubank. It burned into my heart. “When you can’t give more, when you’ve gone beyond your ability to give, then sit still. Call on the Holy Ghost and angels to come to you. Be still and get full.”

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It was an answer! But I also felt that there was more to it that the Lord wanted me to learn. I did not have time to try and find where the quote came from right then, so I took a screenshot of the post to research later.

This morning, I tracked down the origin of Sister Eubank’s quote. And wow! It came from an address given at the BYU Women’s Conference on May 5, 2017. You can use the link below to discover the goodness for yourself.

The particular quote was from a forgotten note Sister Eubank herself found during a time she was asked to give “more”. The story is incredible. The way I came across the quote was Divinely orchestrated. It is a message I needed. Maybe you do too.

Oh how the Lord knows what we are going through and what our hearts need! While this particular answer took time to come – years even, it still came. And the waiting on the Lord increased the power of receiving it.

If you are waiting for your own answers, I encourage you to hold on. Keep searching. They will come. In the Lord’s perfect time. And ask Him about your own “unprecedented measures”. He will help you discover them.

**Sister Eubank’s message – https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/inspiration/when-youre-already-tired-and-cant-do-one-more-thing?lang=eng

One thought on “Sometimes the Answers Take Time

  1. You have often had uncanny timing for me. You say or do something randomly and it was just the thing I needed. You have a way with the written word that is just beautiful. Thank you my friend for taking the time to share and being so in tune. You are one of those angels the Lord put in my path that I have desperately needed.

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