Skip to main content

If He Believes In Me, I Can Too

This week we needed to dive more into Google Analytics. When I say there is a lot of information in Google Analytics, there is A LOT! I may have shed a tear or two out of confusion and frustration. I was also second-guessing my choices of classes and my chosen degree. I do not understand this at all, so am I really cut out for this?

    School has never been an easy thing for me. I don’t have the natural ability to learn things quickly. I take my time. Plus, if I feel like I have too many things on my plate I get very overwhelmed. If I get too overwhelmed then I start to shut down, I don’t do anything. So, I knew all of these things about myself before I came back to school. I also knew that the Lord knew these things about me, but He asked me to go back to school anyways. Having that prompting helped me be confident enough to go back. If the Lord thinks I can do this, then I can believe I can do it too.

    One thing I knew for sure, I have to include the Lord in my efforts in each class I take. Hence, I pray and read a chapter of scripture before I do any schoolwork.

    This week, in my moment of tears and frustration I had the thought come to me, “You’ve been frustrated with your schoolwork before and you’ve made it through.” I took a moment to let myself finish crying and take a deep breath. Then I started exploring Google Analytics again, but slowly. I did my own Googling and some common sense and I feel like I was able to figure it out. If I didn’t understand it completely, I was able to finish my assignments.

    I shouldn’t be surprised that I feel heavenly help whenever I feel stuck with my schoolwork, but I do feel surprised when I feel my mind enlightened. The Lord asked me to do this, I’m trying my very best, and He always, always blesses my efforts. This obviously hasn’t been the time I’ve felt His help through the Holy Ghost and I know it won’t be the last.

    This scripture came to my mind this week, “For behold, thus saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little and there a little; and blessed are those who hearken unto my precepts, and lend an ear unto my counsel, for they shall learn wisdom; for unto him that receiveth I will give more; and from them that shall say, We have enough, from them shall be taken away even that which they have.” -2 Nephi 28:30

    I have definitely felt this throughout my classes, especially this week.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

W05 Boundaries and Money

 This week I studied setting boundaries and money management skills. These skills are very important skills to have in a marriage.  I have a fear-based relationship with money because I don't understand how to manage it. Recently, I have been feeling a pull to understand money management. Tyler and I have been meeting with a financial advisor and it has really opened our eyes to all of the opportunities we have to take control of our finances. It has been a very encouraging experience. I feel less scared with more knowledge and I feel like I have more control. Tyler and I also talked about boundaries in our marriage, specifically setting an appropriate boundary between our marriage and parenthood. Some of the points that were brought up in class, we felt like we had set an appropriate boundary. There was one point that we both felt like we could make and that was planning a specific time for our marriage.  You can call us crazy, but Tyler and I are not huge fans of the tr...
Post a Comment
Read more

Handful of Meal, A Little Oil

 "So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.  For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth. And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Sacrifice

Numbers 7, the tabernacle is being dedicated. Each leader from the 12 tribes brings an offering. If I read the chapter correctly each tribe brings the same offering, or close to the same offering. That is what the entire chapter is, talking about the offering that each tribe brought - the exact same offering. By the 3rd offering, I was starting to get annoyed. Sorry. But by the 7th offering I was wondering why this was significant. Each tribe brought offerings for the different sacrifices performed in the tabernacle.  Why were each of these sacrifices so important that each tribe brought offerings for each one? After this weeks reading, particularly this chapter, my mind has been on sacrifice and the importance of the sacrifices performed in the tabernacle. I do feel like my understanding is expanding, but it isn't fully cooked. So, I will share the thoughts and connections that I found this week.  First, I noticed all the different kinds of sacrifices and offerings made in th...
Post a Comment
Read more