beautiful thought

 

“In the past I have tried to figure out whether I should go into business or into teaching or into the arts or whatever. As I have begun to proceed along one path, having more or less gathered what facts I could, I have found that if that decision was wrong or was taking me down the wrong path, not necessarily an evil one, but one that was not right for me, without fail, the Lord has always let me now just this emphatically, "that is wrong, do not go that way, That is not for you".

 

On the other hand, there may have been two or three ways that I could have gone any one of which would have been right and would have been in the general area providing the experience and means whereby I could fulfill the mission that the Lord had in mind for me. Because He knows we need the growth he generally does not point and say “Open that door” and “Go twelve yards in that direction, then turn right and go two miles”..... But if it is wrong he will let us know,,, We will feel it for sure, I am positive of that. So rather than saying "I will not move until I have this burning in my heart. Let us turn it around and say, I will move unless I feel it is wrong and if it is wrong then I will not do it. By eliminating all of these wrong courses, very quickly you will find yourself going in the direction that you ought to be going, and then you can receive the assurance, Yes, I am going in the right direction. I am doing what my Father in Heaven wants me to do because I am not doing the things he does not want me to do. And you can know that for sure. That is part of the growth process and part of accomplishing what our Father in Heaven has in mind of us.”

 

- John Groberg