Leap of Faith

The first Sunday of this semester was a Fast Sunday.  A little nerve racking due to the fact that for some of us it was the first Sunday in that specific ward.  One of the Bishoprics counselors was conducting and he started with his testimony.  He said that it is tradition to have New Year's resolutions.  It is a new year for a new you, and that is possible by the Atonement of Jesus Christ.  He can help us become who we are willing to become, a better and new you.  With it being a new semester, we must take a leap of faith knowing that Heavenly Father is there for us and he knows what He is doing. 
This really stood out to me as every New Year, I make a list of goals for myself that I hope to complete by the end of the year.  
During the sacrament, I was reading in 1 Nephi chapter 4.  (One of my New Year's goals is to read the Book of Mormon in a year.)  I came across verse 6 which says, "I was led by the Spirit, not knowing beforehand the things which I should do." 

Back track a little...

At a time, I had decided that I wasn't going to come back to BYU-Idaho for Fall 2014 semester.  Things just didn't seem right and there were some financial issues.  I decided that I would stay home, work, taking some online class to stay enrolled.  Seemed like a good plan at the time. But Heavenly Father had a different idea.  A friend from high school contacted me and said she was selling her contract at her old apartment because she was moving to these new apartments on campus.  She said she would sell it to me for cheap.  I talked it over with my mom and she told me that if I didn't take that deal, I wouldn't ever come across one again for that cheap.  I thought about it and then decided, okay I'll take the risk.  As I was slowly deciding that I would come back to school, I was checking my student email and found one from the school informing me that I had received a scholarship.  I couldn't believe it and I didn't understand because my cumulative GPA was defiantly not high enough to receive a scholarship for academics.  Then, I got into all the classes that I needed.  And, I got a small job babysitting a couple days  a week.  I had been praying for guidance the whole time and I knew that once I saw the ball rolling, with things working out in my favor, I knew that Heavenly Father had a different plan for me.

Let me tell you, coming back for Fall 2014 semester was the best decision of my life.  I have learned so much about myself, school, and the Gospel.  I feel so blessed and grateful.  Of course not everything was hunkey dory, there were a few problems with the new roommates who I didn't know beforehand.  But! Other than that, I had a fantastic semester.  I was able to accomplish the goals that I had made for myself that semester.  I met different people who I become friends with.  I even got to know each person's first, last name, and a significant detail about them in my Communications class.  I have never been so close and comfortable with a college class on a personal level, and that will probably be the only one.  Those people in my class changed my life and I will never forget them, I hold them dear to my heart.  

Now! Back to the present:

After I had reading that small verse, I just felt this overwhelming conformation in my mind and heart that without a doubt in my mind, Heavenly Father knew what He was doing and I needed to just take that leap of faith.  Since then, I go about each day with faith confident that I am doing what I am intended to complete.  Ultimately, becoming who I am intended to be.  

I know that Heavenly Father guides us with the Spirit in our lives.  We may not know what we are suppose to go and do, but just like Nephi: "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the chirldren of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them."