God answers our prayers

This is my first attempt at writing a blog.  I hope to get more comfortable as time goes by!  I will state up front that I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons).  My blog posts will contain religious language that is probably unique.  If you are reading and have questions about what something means, just ask me, and I will do my best to answer! 

My goal with beginning to write is to create a record of my experiences and observations that have taught me that God loves all his children and is aware of our needs and concerns.

Recently I was struggling with a decision. I needed to decide whether to continue serving the Lord as a seminary teacher(early-morning scripture study class for teenagers).  As you can imagine, this is actually a part-time, unpaid job. It involves preparing a lesson 5 days a week and getting up at 4:30 am to teach that lesson to 24 high school freshmen who may or may not be excited to be attending. 

While it is very time-consuming and difficult, the rewards are immense.  Studying the scriptures on the level needed to be able to engage teenagers in meaningful discussion requires in-depth analysis and learning on the part of the teacher.  It is the ultimate opportunity for a teacher to grow and gain a greater love for God and Jesus Christ as well.  Until recently, I had not found any other service opportunities that bring the same spiritual rewards.

As I prayed and pondered whether the Lord wanted me to teach again next year, I came to the conclusion that I would continue to serve him this way, until he told me to take a different path.  I stated this in my prayers, and then continued to teach and serve, as if I would do this forever.

One morning, the Stake President came to our seminary prayer meeting, and asked to speak with me privately.  He informed me that he felt impressed that I should be released and given another calling.  I have great faith that this Stake President was speaking for the Lord. This was the answer that I sought;  I knew what the Lord wanted me to do.  He had blessed me with an answer and it came in a way that told me he had heard my prayer. 

Through this experience, I knew the Lord loved me and was listening to my heartfelt prayers.  I felt to sing with joy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!