There have been times in my life when the Spirit spoke to me in powerful and audible tones. I actually heard a voice once tell me to “GO DOWNSTAIRS” when my two year old started a fire in our basement a few years ago. I have had strong and specific impressions about exact choices to be made and exact actions to take.

Most of the time, however, the process of revelation isn’t quite so acute. I admit that sometimes I question if a thought or impression is just me ‘making up’ feelings or decisions. I wonder sometimes if I’m just trying to validate my own preferences. The Spirit often works quietly and subtly.

At the recent Relief Society Open House, Barbara Thompson, of the General Relief Society Presidency, posed the question, “What do you need for the process of personal revelation to work in your own life?” The answers were as varied as one might expect, and I’m sure the answers could be different for all of us.

But Sister Beck’s follow up remarks were what brought the process of revelation to the forefront for me. She asked us, as sister serving in our callings, to stop searching the internet or asking our sister-in-law for ideas and help in our callings. “Get on your knees.” she said. Only the Lord knows what the people in your ward or branch need. Use the process of revelation to meet the needs of the people you have stewardship over.

And we all have stewardships somewhere. We are teachers, counselors, visiting teachers, mothers, wives.

So here are today’s questions:

What do you need for the process of personal revelation to work in your own life?
How do you find confidence in the answers of how to move forward in your calling?
Do you think you are relying enough on revelation to serve the people in your stewardship?


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