Faith in Christ

Today I wanted to focus on Faith. I was thinking about all the things I knew about faith and I realized that I I wasn't sure I really knew much. So I was really excited to learn more and gain that testimony of faith.

I started in the Bible Dictionary: Faith. The one part that stuck out to me was the part that read: "To have faith is to have confidence in something or someone." I finally made the connection that faith is confidence. Confidence is to me trust.

Then I started thinking, who and what can I have faith in? The next part in the Bible Dictionary pointed me in a great direction: "The Lord has revealed himself and his perfect character..." What a great person to have faith (or confidence) in but a perfect Lord? :-)

I know I have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That means I have confidence in the Lord Jesus Christ and in what He teaches. One thing the Lord teaches is to have faith in His time line. I was reminded of that today when I received a new calling and was set apart.  In the blessing Bro. J said that I would be blessed as I prepared my life and home for my future family. And that it would happen in the Lord's time. (paraphrased from memory)  I've been reminded of this so many times in the last little while.

Earlier in the day in Sunday School we were talking about Christ's early life and how we don't know much about it. Our teacher Sister W. lead us to D&C 93, where John the Baptist testifies of Christ (modern revelation from Joseph Smith). We were discussing verse 12 when it says "received grace for grace" Sister W. brought up the saying "Tit for Tat" She looked it up and found out it's a gaming strategy. Basically, Player 1 makes a good, cooperating move; Player 2 can do one of two things: fight by not cooperating and Player 1 will also be done cooperating in the game; or Player 2 can cooperate with Player 1 and together they will cooperate until the end of the game. In class we continued to discuss how this is like our relationship with Christ. He will make the first move then wait to see what we will do next. If we follow the commandments he continues to bless us. Sometimes Christ will let us make the first move... our move therefore is into the dark.

While this was being discussed I thought of how I could apply this to me. The Holy Ghost pointed me to the right direction, I thought of a conversation I had with Bro J. when he asked me to take on my new calling that morning. He asked me what our plans were if we had a baby (with work), and he explained that there would probably be a release if I continued to work. I know the Lord called me for a reason to this position. How could I disappoint him and skip out of those blessings? Also why would the Lord give me this calling if He didn't have faith in me? So I started thinking what would my first move be if the Lord is waiting for me?

We know we should have a baby and we've been counseled not to put it off and that as a mother I should be at home. So our first step should be preparing ourselves for this to happen:

• Savings (Save more so that we can live off of the savings if Luke can't find a job. Plus there maybe some rainy days because he'd only be able to work part time)
• Molding my job for the future (I have an opportunity right now to mold my job so that if and when I get pregnant I may be able to work from home.)
• Luke finding a job now (we live in a college town it's hard to find jobs at times. If he can find a job now we can put all that money into savings and already be prepared with a job.)

I learned so much about faith this week and it was so cool how it related to my church lessons on Sunday. I know the Lord loves us and wants the best for us. I have faith in the Lord and in His time line. I know He's the perfect person to have faith in.