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Confide, Decide, and Abide

For a very long time I’ve had curious thoughts about the issue of prayer. To be specific, this is about personal communication with God, initiated by an individual and carried out privately between that individual and their Heavenly Father with no other intent than to express thanks, ask questions, and take care of whatever issues as would be appropriate.

Recently, I discovered a power directly connected to that activity that really placed it in a class by itself, as if it already was not. So, I was all the more convinced of the necessity of not going it alone.

 

Tonight, I took a walk under those enormous trees whose canopy arches over a span of green grass and there laid out my case on several matters. One was particularly vexing because the pluses and minuses seemed to cancel each other out either way. Many days before,  I’d come to a conclusion about how to procede based on scriptural metrics and was confident. Later I added more to the equation then found it out of balance because more was at stake with the new considerations. I’d spent nearly a week weighing the options and imagining the outcomes and determining the objectives that should triumph (with all things considered).

 

I don’t believe in beating around the bush by indulging in pointless ritual, so when I pray I get right to it. Usually this means making it clear that there things I really appreciate and describing why they’re valuable to me and thanking Him who I believe to be the source of those benefits seeing as how we’re there together taking anyway.

Then I let Him know what I’m thinking of doing, what I’ve been doing and why, and what I’m hoping to do shortly.

If I have questions, I ask. If I need guidance, I lay out my case. If I get answers, I know I must follow through.

Tonight I remembered several scriptures during this process and they applied to impressions that came. I kept thinking “Decide and abide”

After making my decision, confirmation of it is sustained when I abide the rules I know I must follow. In religious parlance, that means I must keep the commandments. If I do, I will prosper.

Later in the walk, I recognized that I’d followed a pattern of: Confide. Decide. Abide

Confiding, hiding nothing and representing things honestly is a good first step before asking for guidance. Answers lead to decisions. From there, it’s a matter of execution. The song could be in my head, but it’s no song till it’s played. Most songs are played many times before they’re perfected. Then anyone can play the perfected final form and enjoy. It has been said that we tend to get revelation that we seek while moving our feet. That is exactly how it works with large paintings whose process and design complexities  work out in making the painting.

Deciding is the way that courses are set and direction is established. There is little value in seeking answers if decisions are not made. Some take awhile. But when that decision is confirmed, then the next step kicks in.

Abiding true principles should be the highest priority since certain crucial benefits are made available thereby which also are potentially withheld otherwise, risking everything.

 

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