Gears Turning

In college I feel my brain is working harder than it ever has before. I feel my mind is like a giant machine with gears turning and working all together. It amazes me how functional our bodies are. God has truly blessed us with beautiful bodies and minds. How are we using our minds? Do we just sit and let our minds wander wherever they please? Do we let ourselves get distracted by the flashing lights of the world? 

Let us take a moment to put our gears in our minds to work. Let us take time to sit and ponder and pray. Let Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost inspire our incredible machine like brains. Take a moment to zone in on what God would have you learn. Make time to remove the cobwebs of old thoughts from your mind and just focus on the important things. I feel in college life this is sometimes hard. We love to just get away from thinking since we have been thinking all day. I am not saying a Netflix episode here and there is awful. Though I am saying we need to be more focused on our education and the most important things in life. I think of the talk . "Good, Better ,Best" By Dallin H Oaks. He talks about how sometimes we get caught up in doing the good things in life that we miss out on the best things. It is good to study school work but it is best to read scriptures first. 

In this post I am mainly reminding myself that I need to be better at the things I have mentioned. I need to put my scripture study and prayers first. I need to turn away from the silly distraction of the world. I need to truly get the gears in my mind turning. 

My goal is to challenge myself. This week ,as a trial and from then on, I will read my scriptures and pray before I do homework. Then I will make sure that I work diligently on my assignments. I feel if I do this school will become more beneficial in my life. 

I testify that when we but the Lord first He truly blesses us. So if we put His learning first He will help us with our secular learning. 

I challenge you to do the same. If you accept this challenge please comment on the effect it had on your life and studies. 

Winter 2015

 A new Semester begins. I am loving my classes. I am learning so much that I feel my mind might explode. haha 

The classes I am taking this semester are English 101, Social Media 120 and 199, Intro to Business Tech, Choir and Marriage Prep. Like all college students I am doing a lot of reading. Though surprisingly enough I am truly enjoying the assigned reading this year. They are opening my eyes, mind and heart to new ideas. 

This semester will surely be exciting. As a big life changer is around the corner. February 2015 I will be marrying my best friend. I am grateful for LDSBC for teaching good values and being a school where I can live my beliefs and share my joy of being able to be sealed in the Temple for time and all eternity. It is nice having a temple right out the window to see every day and remember the covenants I have made and think of the covenants I will be entering into soon. 

I am grateful for the weekly devotionals that truly enlighten our minds. It was a great blessing to have President Richards give our Semester Kick off devotional. His challenge to "Be All In" was a great lesson for me. I am going to take this challenge and work more diligently to be fully invested and converted to the true gospel of Jesus Christ. I believe this will truly be a life changer for me. I ask all of you to ponder. "How can I Be ALL In?"