My message this week: put first things first.
I have had a busy, stressful, crazy week. I enjoyed it. A lot. But there’s been a lot of stuff that was difficult to get through.

For one, my health hasn’t been up to par this week. I have just felt physically drained. I needed help more this weekend than any other time. For two, I felt that the work load was particularly taxing. For three, I just really wanted to have fun this week and make it special. I put a lot into that.

But my message this week has to do with putting what matters first in our schedule–first. To me, someone who believes in following Jesus Christ’s example, that means to put God before anything else. In the church, we believe that God tells us “in [our] mind and in [our] heart” the things He needs us to do or say. We call that communication the “Spirit” or “Holy Ghost.” It can warn us of danger, comfort us, teach us, and lead us. I have felt the power of the Spirit many times in my life, sometimes unmistakably powerful, but mostly soft and consoling. It gives me an undeniable feeling that what I did was good. It is a sweet feeling.

I felt that in my life this week, too, and I’m very grateful. Without it, I would have a hard time serving other people because I wouldn’t know what to do or say. I’m glad when I do what God tells me to.

Switching gears, I wanted to mention a wonderful night I had this week with a friend on a date. I felt pretty accomplished. I planned almost everything, and had a blast. I felt like I really got to know my friend more, and I hope he had fun. Asking him was very nerve-wracking to do, because I didn’t really know him that well before, but I thought it would be a good idea to try asking him to go on a date with me. And it was!

This week has indeed been crazy, and I am dead tired, but I am grateful to be a student up here at BYU-Idaho!

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