Teaching and Being Taught

I was recently called as the music chorister in primary. On Sunday I was reviewing the song "The Holy Ghost" with the kids. At the end I gave them a challenge. I asked them to listen for the whisperings of Holy Ghost this week. I hoped they would remember.

Later that night, Ben was sharing a worry that's been on his mind lately. I listened and wondered what I should say. I asked a silent prayer to know how to help him. A thought came to my mind. I shared it. (It was a thought Ben had told me before when I felt heavy with a worry.) It sparked his mind. I recognized that I didn't conjure that thought myself: the Holy Ghost gave me that idea. I remembered my challenge to the kids in primary. I realized I needed that challenge as much as them.

Later I wondered what else the Spirit might whisper to me if I stopped and listened. I stopped. I listened. For several minutes my mind felt like it was leading itself through its typical maze of thoughts. But then it rested on a person. I realized at that moment that I've been holding onto resentful feelings about this person, and that they flare up often. I'd not realized that before.

I learned a little more surely that the Holy Ghost is willing to speak to me, and more often than once a week. And if I continue to ask the Lord and listen, I bet I will continue to get answers. I think we must all need these primary challenges.