Day 13: 2 Ne 2:17-30
*Men are that they might have joy. I absolutely love this. We have the choice to act for ourselves, to choose joy over misery. When we choose joy, the adversary pulls out everything to make us feel miserable. I've felt him push against my joy, to the point of exhaustion. Fight for your joy.
Yesterday was a great day, we were all happy even tho we were all feeling the loss of a dear mother. Today I was down and out, just plain exhausted and for no other reason than the fact that I was happy yesterday. I didn't have to work at being happy, it wasn't tiring. I hardly chased the boys at all. But I get the impression, a whisper, that the work I'm doing to make my family happier, and to bring His Spirit into our home more, is exactly the right thing I need to be doing, and that it is working! I felt emotionally and spiritually attacked today, I felt like there was a force pushing me down. Not sadness or depression, but exhaustion. Around 2 I had to check out for a bit, I seriously could not even focus my eyes to put a movie on for the boys. I know the adversary does not want me to succeed in bringing the Spirit into our home, he doesn't want me teaching my boys to pray, or read the scriptures, and I know he is pushing me down and attacking from all sides. Well, I am fighting for my joy.
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