LDS Freedom Forum

So after reviewing and pondering on some of my life experiences, and after reading some of my comments and others comments, and doing more pondering, I find myself wondering if I cause things to happen, or if I have just been prepared for them to happen.
Sometimes I don't see things in a linear fashion, and it feels like I caused things to happen, when maybe I was just being prepared for them to happen.

It is weird to read your own advice in theory and then find oneself at the point where one needs to follow one's own advice.

How do you know what is real and what is not real?

Why is it so difficult to express myself in this language I speak, English? Why can't I get straight answers? I feel like I have failed or am doing something wrong, or can't be trusted because of the language with which I have to learn things? Is it like this for everyone or is my experience backwards?

How does Lindsey Sterling know the piano is out of tune and she is in tune, in the latest Mormon message? I have thought I have been out of tune for years, only now to discover I may have been right all along, but maybe my interpretation of what was right was wrong, but my intuition was right.

Too many coincidences in life for me to be so off! There was a time in my life when that still small voice was right every time. Then an event happened, and I always thought I wasn't able to follow the spirit or that I was wrong. Now I am seeing more and more how I wasn't wrong, but still lack confidence in following the spirit or knowing when I am right. How can I get past this?

Has anything similar happened to anyone? I can't even begin to describe it in a language that is adequate. I have pleaded for more help in understanding these things. Do I keep pleading to the Lord? When will there be intervention or when will I be able to break through this barrier? Is something still wrong with me? How will I know when the Lord trusts me? How will I know when I can trust myself? What am I missing?

This doesn't even make sense, because I can't make it make sense. It is like I am bound by a language I cannot master or something I haven't achieved. It feels like most people get a real person to help them and I am doing this alone. Where is my help?

Part of learning to follow spiritual promptings is learning to identify when you have been deceived. Your leaders can help you tell whether what you are feeling through the Spirit is true or not. They have been given stewardship over you. Listen to them and look for confirmation of what you believe. If you trust them, they can provide this confirmation for you.

You will also find great power in thanking the Lord for this experience. It may seem unbearably difficult, but it is an opportunity to learn and grow. We gain great benefit from our trials when we can feel grateful for them.