Monday, March 20, 2006

Insert Whatever Here (1 Nephi 17:51)

March 10, 2006

“And now, if the Lord has such great power [referring to the deliverance of the
Israelites] and has wrought so many miracles among the children of men, how is
it that he cannot instruct me, that I should build a ship?” (1 Nephi 17:51)

I love this verse. I refer to it a lot when confronted with a problem I don’t know how to resolve. It’s a fill in the blank.

“How is it that he cannot instruct me, that I should [insert whatever here]?”

And it works. It really does. Whether I’m trying to fix my business, resolve something with my children, learn something new, lose weight—it doesn’t matter. It applies to everything.

I insert my problem and then I wait—and ideas begin to fill my mind. It’s a wonderful thing.

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