Fork In The Road

This Sunday there was a CES devotional by Linda K. Burton and she shared a story of Jeffrey R. Holland that I think everyone should hear.

He and his son were out in the wilderness of Southern Utah having a fun boys weekend of camping and being lost in the wilderness. As they made their way back from the desert they came to a particular fork in the road that Elder Holland could not remember which way to go. He suggested his son said a prayer and they both felt prompted to take the road to the right. After making their way down that road for a few hundred yards they came to an absolute and complete dead end and immediately knew they had gone the wrong way and needed to turn around and take the left road. After pondering this little conundrum for a few minutes his son brought up the question, "Dad, why were we both prompted to go to the right when it was the wrong direction." With all the wisdom of a man who is truly called of God he responded, "Sometimes, God knows that the only way to know, with absolute certainty, that we're going the right way is to absolutely know that the other way is the wrong direction."

Good ghandi! Can I just say how that spiritually shot me in the face and opened my eyes. God doesn't give me answers. He gives me 2 choices and I get to pick what I want to do. I've always seen that in my life and recently understood the reasoning behind it a few months ago, but this was just so much more to me. So many times, ESPECIALLY recently, I've found myself changing my mind about decisions I made months ago. And I've been really confused and jumbled because of it, but hearing that one story made a huge difference. Life makes sense again.

Except, not really. Well it does. It's just terrifying. Life changing decisions! Gotta love them!