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Re: Demons Attempting To Thwart Righteousness [message #421 is a reply to message #372] Tue, 29 May 2012 00:10 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
JulesGP
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Amonhi wrote on Fri, 25 May 2012 13:54
This experience happened a couple of years ago. Looking back, can you see the results of those big changes you made? How far have you come since that time?

Can you share any more detail regarding the types of changes and decisions you were making that motivated such a blatant attack?

Is there any advice or encouragement you would give others who might be were you were prior to this experience?

I have been unusually busy this weekend and sick on top of that... So I'm still trying to catch up on posts and PMs! Confused

Amonhi I can DEFINITELY see the results of the changes I have made - my life is different in EVERY way! During that particular time, I was just going through one of many stepping stones, but I had committed to fiercely studying the Gospel and trying to find answers to questions, and trying to figure out what path the Lord wanted me on. I didn't just study my "allotted" 15 min/day like we're taught to in Sunday School, I got to the point (and am still here....)where I could not get enough! I was frustrated when I had to take time away from my studies to do things like eat, shower, etc... Laughing I had NEVER cared so much for the Gospel and learning in this way in my life before.

I was studying some doctrines at the time, and felt drawn down a particular path, and it was really a weird experience, because I was feeling the spirit so strongly and had the spirit testify of so many truths, but then once I got to a certain point, I was essentially told, "You have gone down this path to learn these things for a reason, but now you need to take that knowledge and go a different direction". So that's what I did, and I've just kept studying, kept praying, and kept searching for truths - trying to put puzzle pieces together, and trying to find the particular path the Lord wants me on, and what I'm supposed to do with all of this knowledge and experience I'm acquiring.

Regarding how far I've come since then.... as I said, I'm a completely different person. I see things in ways I never fathomed before. My goals and priorities are completely different, I'm a better mom (although like Ashleyd mentioned in another post - I still struggle and beat myself up a LOT with that one...). But it's like my primary general overall focus is on the Gospel and learning what I should be doing for the Lord. There have been some very cool experiences along the way that I never would have had before - had I not changed my life focus. Just one small example of a difference in me - I am a HUGE reader. I LOVE LOVE books! I used to have quite a collection of contemporary fiction, romance novels, fantasy novels, etc. I mean hundreds of books I have read. I traded all of them in for credit at a local used bookstore, but 99% of my collection consists of books on the Gospel, the Savior, beliefs other cultures have about the Savior, deep doctrines, other writings like the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Apocrypha, Native American Prophesies, early church history, and of course my herbal and natural remedy manuals Very Happy . But my point is, I still love reading just as much - I FEAST on books, but I've changed what is important for me to read.

I'm not sure what motivated such a blatant attack - I had literally changed my life from black to white in so many ways, and I felt like someone KNEW how committed I was. I've actually had others in the past too. The first one I remember was after the first time I did baptisms for the dead when I was 12. That night there was a bad spirit with me in my room and woke me, and was just "there" with me. Since I wasn't yet used to all this contact with spirits (which I'll talk more about in another thread), it terrified me, and I knew it was there because of the choices I was making at the time to try to follow the Savior in the best ways I knew how.

Wow - advice I would give others who might be where I was prior to this attack?? Shocked Confused Embarrassed I am not sure how to respond to that. But I will say that although I traded some struggles for different ones, it was definitely a trade up! My trials are much different now - well, some of the old ones are still there Sad But my life is a million times better because of these changes, and things are becoming clearer DAILY, and my relationship with my kids is becoming better, and I'm becoming closer to the Lord, and I'm understanding why I went through old trials as new knowledge and understanding is given to me.... I know I'm totally generalizing here, but there is SO MUCH to talk about, I'd probably bore most of you, and never get myself to bed typing about all of it Laughing

I still wonder though WHY it was so important for that entity to attempt to stop me. I think "Why could something I'm doing possibly be important enough to warrant that. There are lots of people out there who are much better than I am, much stronger than I am, and who make much more of an impact than I do or could..." etc.

Well after rattling on and on in this post, it's probably clear to everyone that I only got a bit over 4 hours sleep last night... Laughing

Thanks for listening. I haven't felt comfortable telling many people about this experience, (and many others I've had), that I'm feeling comfortable that I can begin sharing here!

And thank you again Amonhi for bringing me here!

~Jules

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