Bitter-Sweet!

This past school year I was asked to teach an early morning bible study class to the Freshman and Sophomores that go to a local high school. I was excited for this opportunity, but a little worried since the class was Monday through Friday from 5:45am-6:30am. I was concerned with how I was going to balance this with my job and my family! Ugh! I was really worried! Aside from the usual worries I accepted the assignment! I am so glad I did! I had never read the Old Testament. The verbiage in the Old and New Testaments is really difficult for me to understand as it's written in the King James version. With a lot of prayer, and teacher/student manuals I began to understand what was written so that I could teach it to these precious youth! It was hard at times balancing everything, but in the end it all worked out! On Sunday we had seminary graduation and I was so proud of myself to have gotten through it! I must say even though it was early and tough to balance at times, the benefits were beyond what I had expected! I had such an amazing experience learning about this book! I have to say at this point, it is my favorite! I love all the stories! I don't mean for this site to be preachy, churchy or too mushy spiritual but I'd love to share with you an experience I had about a year ago when I prayed to my Heavenly Father. I was asking him to help me better understand the Old Testament. I knew the Old Testament had a lot of information concerning the organization of God's church here on the earth, as well as with the structure and other things that pertain to the temple. I wanted to learn more about these two things because I knew what had been revealed in ancient times applies to us today. About a month later I was ask by my local church leaders to teach this course. I couldn't believe it! It was truly an answer to my prayers! (Next time I will be careful what I pray for :)) This has been a great experience. It helped strengthen my testimony about my Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. It was a testimony to me that God does reveal things to His prophets here on the earth that, in turn, helps us. I am truly grateful to my Heavenly Father for this experience. This fall I am scheduled to teach the New Testament. I look forward to having another amazing year!