ummm an Insight

Name: Erin Christina Elliott Rel. 122 Section: 25 Word Count: 385 Date: March 30, 2009
1) What is the reference of the insight?
Ether 9:34
2) What principle or doctrine is taught?
Compelled to be humble
3) What message for improvement is taught?
On when it was that they were to parish is when they fall to their knees and started to repent. We do that so much in our world today. We do what we want, when we want, how we want, where we want, and only when something bad is to happen we fall to our knees and repent of the deeds that we have done as so the Lord does not strike us down and reject us from the kingdom of God. It really is to many times in the world that it is seen people only repenting during sacrament, or praying for help on a test and never praying other times, or even repenting just so they can get a temple recommend.
4) How can I apply this principle, doctrine, or message in my life?
In my life I know that there are plenty of times I have been compelled to be humble. Starting off in high school, I would pray for help on tests, and sometimes during sacrament. Times I would pray in the temple to be forgiven and times that I would pray only at certain times. I wasn’t doing regular prayer and scripture. I got out here to school and it hit me HARD! I was compelled to be humble by the most extreme power. Soon I slipped again and again I was compelled to be humble and again I have been compelled to be humble. I HATE the feeling of it; you know more than anything that you have done wrong and it feels like you are being stared down my God himself. At those times I wanted to run and hide but I couldn’t, nowhere to run and hide, I had to face it. I never want to be compelled to be humble again. I am living the commandments, and praying every night and reading my scriptures. I am going to the temple and doing the things the Lord has asked me to do. I hope that I won’t ever have to be compelled in any way again, and if I do, at least not in those extreme ways – those kill!



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