Two Lines of Authority

 As I read the first part of our Come Follow Me lesson for this week, this is what I got from it:

These verses and Pres. Oak's conference talk on "Two Lines of Authority" make it quite clear that we need to keep the lines of revelation open. We seek guidance from our prophet, of course! But we are responsible to keep ourselves worthy to receive our own revelation. We do this by worthily partaking of the sacrament each week so that we will have the promise given us of the Holy Ghost to be with us ALWAYS.

Do we really realize what a blessing that is in our lives? Sometimes, I believe we forget. We get so busy with the busy-ness of our lives that we forget to seek guidance from Heavenly Father on what He wants us to be doing. I try so hard to keep it balanced. There are household chores and personal maintenance that must be done. They don't get done as often as they did when I was a young mom, or even a younger empty nester. Why is that? I have felt promptings to be GATHERING on both sides of the veil. I do my best to set a righteous example, but I don't get much one-on-one with those who have different beliefs (other than my own children, of course). So, I have started doing Family Search (love it!) and attending the temple more often (love that too!). This is counsel from our Prophet, and I want so badly to be worthy of the blessings that are promised from following his counsel. 

Life is a process. We try; and then we try again. I am grateful for the Holy Ghost and feel like I frequently am aware of his influence in my days. Balance is what I hear in the messages of this day. We need to seek balance as we listen to the words of the prophet and seek personal revelation for the details in our lives. Heavenly Father knows our needs. He knows the desires of our hearts. Like Pres. Nelson has counseled, we need to let HIM (Heavenly Father) prevail in our lives and keep putting one foot in front of the other.