So Many!...by Stephanie

I have had so many SayGoBeDo moments recently. I think there are a few reasons for that. One, I have been acting on almost every SayGoBeDo moment that comes along. Two, I have been praying that the Lord will guide my life that I can really do the right thing and know that what I am doing is his will. So I have notices a whole lot of moments. I don't even know if I can remember them all to write them down! But one of my SGBD moments was a few days ago. Kathy had just asked if I wanted to join this group and I was so happy that she put it together because I had decided just a little while before that that was something I wanted to be working on. So anyway, I was reading my scriptures and I read 1 Nephi 3:7. It reads, "And it came to pass that I Nephi said unto my father. I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded. For I know the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commanded them." This is the first scripture mastery verse for Seminary this year. Now for any followers that are not LDS there may be a few words in here you do not know. Seminary is like an early morning bible study class that we go to on weekdays. We study the scriptures before school starts. This verse is taken not from the Bible, but from The Book of Mormon, a book that, like the bible, is a testament of Jesus Christ and speaks of his ministry on the Earth. For more information go to: www.mormon.org . Oh and scripture mastery verses are the ones that are deemed important that we are encouraged to memorize before the year's end.

Okay. So I read this verse and I thought "Oh this is scripture mastery! I should type it up on the computer really big so that it fills the whole page and then tape it to my wall." Something to that effect. Well, it was pretty late when I was studying my scriptures. Probably 10:30 (which feels late to a Seminary student who wakes up at 4:30!) and my family was asleep. But I decided to go over to the computer anyway and hope that no one woke up and the light didn't bother anyone. So I go over to the computer and type this scripture up and print it out. Then I tape it to my wall, finish my scripture reading and go to sleep.
The next day, I woke up and I looked at my door (which is where I taped it, not actually on my wall) and I saw this scripture mastery verse. I thought that it would be such a great idea if everytime I looked at the verse, I read it out loud.  I decided to do so and by Sunday I had it memorized! I actually typed it on here from memory! (Although I needed to check on the punctuation).

Now, I have been trying to recieve inspiration/revelation in everything I do. So I sat down at the piano on Friday and thought, "Which song should I play?" I looked over at my door and then got this great idea. I know that you can go to the back of the hymnbook and the songs are indexed by which scripture they refer to or use. So I thought, "I wonder if there are any songs for 1 Nephi 3:7?" There was one song. It was: I'll Go Where You Want Me to Go. So I of course found my answer on which song to play. I began to play it and I learned it very quickly. I am working on memorizing the verses right now, but I also think that the song fits in with what we're doing here with the SayGoBeDo moments. The chorus to the song is: I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord. Over mountain or plain or sea. I'll say what you want me to say, dear Lord. I"ll be what you want me to be." The song talks about doing whatever it is the Lord commands you to do (Or in our case, whatever we feel inspired to do.)

Another moment I had was yesterday at church. It was fast and testimony meeting and I was really feeling the spirit. I felt prompted to go up and speak, but I didn't know when a good time to go would be. So I started thinking in my head, "I'll know when I should go up." But nearly every word was interrupted with NOW. Not loudly, but firmly. So my thought actually went more like this: "I'll know- NOW -when I -NOW- should go -NOW- up." Well that was all I needed. So I got out of my seat and sat on the stand and waited for my turn. As usually goes for testimony meetings, I like to think of a nice story or experince I could share to maybe inspire people or motivate them, but that Sunday, I knew that wasn't what I should do. I needed to simply testify and bear witness of what I knew to be true. I needed to really bear my testimony instead of sharing a few stories. And I did. I told the congregation what I knew. It felt fantastic. I think I inspired some others to come up, because there was not a lost moment in that testimony meeting! Also, my sister came up following me and our friend who is visiting from Arizona. But I knew what I had done was right.

Already today I had a SayGoBeDo moment. Right when I was in the middle of writing this post! Well, I stopped writing to fix myself a bagel for breakfast and I felt that I should ask Megan if she wanted a bagel as well. So I went into her room and told her I was making a bagel and asked if she wanted one or if there was anything I could get her. She told me she didn't want anything. Well, I just wouldn't take "no" for an answer. I had walked all the way over to her room and was really wanting to fix her something for breakfast. I don't quite know where this sudden desire came from but it was there. So I kept insisting. "Are you sure you don't want anything? We have such good food in the kitchen. Come on I'll fix you anything you want." Well, I guess it's the magical phrase "anything you want" that that made all the difference. She got creative and told me she wanted a bowl of ice cream. So I diligently went to the freezer and delivered her a good sized bowl of ice cream. Now, I don't quite know why I was prompted to do this, but maybe it meant something to her. I know I felt good doing it.

Oh! I almost forgot. I had another SayGoBeDo moment today. I think I would be happy not remembering this one. So first you need to know a little background information to truly appreciate this moment. I really, really, really, really don't like doing the dishes. It is the one chore I can not bring myself to do. But, this morning I brought myself to do it. Now yesterday, we had some guacamole. For those of you that do not know, after one day guacamole goes bad. It turns very dark and looks just awful. At least if you keep it out on the counter all night. I dont' know . Maybe if properly stored it can last longer. But our guacamole was left out on the counter and it turned rotten. Now, the main reason why I do not like doing the dishes is because I think it's gross. It's disgusting. Having to touch old food that has been left to rot in the sink and then cover it in water so that it loosens up so you can scrape it off of the plate. Eww. So I walk into the kitchen and I see that the dishwasher is open. And dirty. I was going to start it, but I looked around and saw that there were still some dishes on the counters. One of them being the infamous guacamole bowl. I looked at it and I knew that I needed to wash this bowl. So I brace myself and I pick it up and bring it over to the sink. It was just as awful a job as I had envisioned. The guacamole was all hard and stuck to the bowl and I needed to scrape it off. Meanwhile, my bagel was cooking. I knew that if I took too much longer it would burn. The timer went off and I was still working on cleaning this bowl. For a minute I wondered what I should do. Should I leave the bowl half cleansed and eat my bagel or should I keep cleaning and let my bagel get a little more crispy than I generally like? Well that decision too maybe half a split-second. I knew that I needed to clean this bowl. So I really started scrubbing the thing. Man, I went to town. When I finished cleaning it I deposited the dish in the sink and rushed over to my bagel. And it was a little crispier than I like. But it was still delicious. In fact as I was eating it, I thought "Man, this is the best bagel I have ever eaten. Probably because I worked for it. I wonder if food starts to taste better once you have to pay for it yourself." And that finishes out my SayGoBeDo moments for now. More when they come. Sorry this post is so terribly long.