Don't Change It.

During Sunday school we talked about whether we ever questioned or struggled with following a certain commandment. The teacher, Trevor, asked if anyone had an experience they would like to share. No one was raising their hand because haha lets be honest, who wants to admit that they didn't want to follow what the Prophet told them to do? Well, I decided to take one for the team and shared an experience. Now, mind you that this experience was back in...March or April and I don't have this issue anymore ;)

I never understood why we couldn't drink certain teas. Starbucks has this amazing raspberry tea and I was told once I couldn't drink that. When I was house-sitting in the winter, this family {{non LDS}} got me some diet tea drinks and my best friend told me how good they were! So, I tried some and loved it. I loved it so much that I brought home every bottle with me {{because the mom had specifically bought them for me}}. I was drinking one on the way to institute with Ryan in the car and I asked him, "Is this against the Word of Wisdom?" He looked at it and advised me how I shouldn't be drinking that and yes, it was against the Word of Wisdom. I was so upset. "Well, I'm still going to finish it! And I'm going to finish the other bottles I have left too! Then I'll stop drinking them." Ryan kept telling me how I shouldn't be drinking it but I kept being a brat to him and eventually told him it was time to go inside. We sit in institute and the lesson begins. The topic that day was about justifying our standards and the commandments and was pretty much just a smack in my face on what I shouldn't be doing. Needless to say, Tanner {{here's a hint...that's "him"}} soon made a comment about how one of his friends kept drinking these diet ice tea drinks and how she knew it was wrong but still wanted to do it. Really?? Heavenly Father couldn't of told me NO enough times during that lesson haha.

How many times do we justify our standards? I still struggle with that everyday, especially with modesty. Well, more so on my work out attire then anything else. How many times do we question the Prophet's counsel to his Latter-day Saints? How many times do we lack the faith in believing in doing the things that are right? It's hard! Being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hard! But...if it was easy do you really think you would be trying as hard to be your best? I don't think so. There are some things that we are asked to do that may never make sense to us...and that's okay! It doesn't all have to make sense. If we have the faith to believe in it, then it will make sense eventually; whether it be here on earth or in the eternities. Don't let the world tell you what's right. People lie to you, God never will.


♥ The Girl Who Is At Peace