First of all I have to say, I finally passed my class! I have been struggling with this one for a while. I turned in the essay thinking it was not complete, but that I would just see what they said. Then I looked at the evaluation and was happily shocked to see it had passed! It was my final task, so now I'm done with that cursed class! I can't even explain how relieved this makes me!
Mostly I wanted to share this little experience. For the last while I have been stressing about things more than I usually do. About the above class, as well as other things. It gets to be a little oppressive sometimes. I like to think I am a pretty optimistic person, but of course life gets hard sometimes. So, yesterday when I was driving home from Utah County with my parents I started singing to myself. I don't know why. It wasn't a conscious choice. I was singing the hymn "Come, Come Ye Saints". At first I wasn't thinking much about it. But I enjoy singing, so I kept going. When the first verse was done I couldn't think of the next one, and for a second I tried to think of another hymn, but I couldn't. So I just kept singing the first verse to "Come, Come Ye Saints." After the second time I started paying attention to the words, and it struck me that they were just the ones I needed. I had been stressing out, but then I was watching the beautiful mountains fly by, and suddenly this song came to me.
Come, come, ye saints, no toil nor labor fear;
But with joy, wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
'Tis better far for us to strive
Our useless cares from us to drive;
Do this, and joy your hearts will swell
All is well! All is well!
This was exactly what I needed. Sure life gets hard, but if I joyfully "wend my way" then my "heart will swell", and I'll know that everything is ok. Oh yes, and I can't forget "no toil nor labor fear." I can't be afraid to work. Because no matter how cheerful I try to be, if I'm afraid to work for what I need then my problems aren't going to go away on their own.
Also, I think that there was a reason I couldn't think of another verse to this song, because I can always think of at least one other verse to songs I know as well as this one.
I know without a doubt that the Lord put this verse of this song in my head. This is what I needed to hear. Nothing more and nothing less. Thinking about it makes me feel so much more peaceful.
I love that music can be such an unparalleled tool for the Spirit to communicate to us through. I have always loved hymns. It's like singing scripture, or a prayer. They combine the beauty of music with words inspired by Christ.
Which reminds me of one of my favorite mastery scriptures: D&C 25:12 "For my soul adelighteth in the bsong of the cheart; yea, the dsong of the righteous is a prayer unto me, and it shall be answered with a blessing upon their heads."
PS. Go check out my mom's blog. Her latest post goes along really well with this subject.: http://sondraslife.blogspot.com/2011/02/today.html
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