Learning to Trust

These last few weeks have been very interesting for me. Lately I have been feeling the need to be more in-tune with the promptings of the Holy Ghost and to follow every single prompting and personal revelation I receive. It has been an amazing adventure. First, the promptings were small- call this person, take dinner to that person, etc. Those were very rewarding experiences as I found I was answering the prayers of others. As I continued to follow the promptings the Lord was able to trust me more- or more accurately- I was learning to trust HIM. The promptings kept coming- faster - harder tasks - greater responsibilities.

One night as I was praying the thought came to mind that I needed to do this "master cleanse" that my friend had been talking to me about. The master cleanse is a process of fasting for 7-10 days and drinking only this awful tasting lemonade. (Awful because of the amount of cayenne pepper in it.) I didn't want to do it and I was worried I would loose too much weight (as I don't have any to spare.) I was worried I wouldn't be able to take care of my children if I wasn't eating. And the list of worries could go on. But, I kept having the confirming witness that this was something I needed to do- for my physical health and for my spiritual health. So I researched the idea more and asked several questions of my friend who had done it. Finally, the second week of February, I decided it was time to start. I went for 10 days without eating - 7 days on the lemonade and water only. As I was finishing, I felt great! My body felt cleansed. I had enough energy through out to take care of all my responsibilities. (Except one Saturday evening- I had the most awful headache and didn't function very well.) I am so glad that I was able to do this, and that I received that inspiration to do it -because I would never have made the decision to do it on my own.

The physical benefits were great, but the spiritual benefits are of the most value to me. I learned to trust God to a greater extent. I learned greater self-control. I learned that I can do anything with the Lord's help. But most of all I learned to Trust.