Prone to Wander...

I have been wandering. I have been drifting. I have been distancing myself from the Heavenly Beings I so desperately need to remain close to.

I was gently reminded of how far I really have been drifting. And immediately the words of a hymn were the words which described me perfectly:

"Prone to wander, Lord I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love."

I am prone to wander. I have wandered. And I have become proud. But I have been humbled, for I realized that I could not go on like this. I need to change. I need to change today, right now, and decide to draw closer to my Heavenly Father and Savior, not drift away from Them.

What a blessing it is to have the enabling power of the Atonement who gives an imperfect being, like myself, the chance, the privilege, the ability to participate in miracles such as repentance, forgiveness, and change.

Change. Change is hard--even painful. This wandering, this drifting, is painful. And sometimes we don't realize the pain it has caused our souls until we realize we have inflicted it upon ourselves. But at the same time, wandering teaches you. Pain teaches you. Trials teach you. All of these things help you become molded into the glorious, eternal being that Heavenly Father knows you have the potential to become.

If you think you have wandered, it's never too late to come back to His arms. He is there, waiting with arms wide open. Always.

"Take my heart, oh, take and seal it... Seal it for Thy courts above."

Brianna