"Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness."
- Doctrine and Covenants 58:27
I was over at a game night the other night (playing Mafia), and between games I got to talking about going on the mission next year. One friend, Cameron, told me this little shpeel that he tells girls who are preparing for missions (one of them, a mutual friend of ours, Mary, ended up getting married last semester). He said something like, "It's great for girls to go on missions, but it's not a duty or commandment for you to go." He went on to say that I shouldn't allow my determination of a mission block out or harden my heart to hearing out any other directions that the Lord might have store for my life. And he's right, I do need to keep an open mind to wherever I may be called to in life.
Maybe I am meant to continue my education, maybe I'm meant to find that perfect man and marry him. There wouldn't really be much wrong with going in those directions (if I feel right about them). And one day I will finish my bachelor's degree, and one day I will become a wife and mother. But right now I really feel like the best thing I can do is to be anxiously engaged in the physical, mental, social and spiritual preparations it takes to be ready for a mission.
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