I finally recorded my Wisdom talk about how to have a balanced life. I shared how the prophet Joseph Smith is an example of a balanced life. I encourage the practice of self-awareness to not neglect one’s eternal spiritual.
Today I am finally going to tell the speech that I have been saying that I intend to do. It is a perspective on balancing ones life.
About six month ago, I felt the affects of negligence on my family. It is interesting how one can’t just expect life to be stable because individual’s lives are consistent. A consistent life doesn’t mean that the person’s life is stable or balanced. Negligence is destructive, and it will be discovered or be revealed eventually. When the destruction becomes apparent and one’s life appears to be falling, recovery therefrom requires a miracle.
My message is to balance your life by practicing self-awareness. If you are neglecting something or someone in your life, you need to change your daily decisions to make your life more balanced.
I am not saying that I am an example of a perfectly balanced life, but I would like to say that Heavenly Father will bless you and your family. If you seek his help by prayer in the name of Jesus Christ, he can help you recover from the destruction or possible destruction of your life and family. My life has become more stable in the past few months due to the miracle and changing my life to not neglect the individual that keeps my life whole.
I would like to review the life of the prophet Joseph Smith, who restored the Gospel of Jesus Christ in its fullness in the Latter-days and established the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as an example of self-awareness and a balanced life. When he was a young teenager, he lives in the early 1800s. He could not settle with man’s interpretation of the word of God. He knew that only by practicing the complete truth of the word of God, living them to his best effort, he would not be neglecting his eternal soul. He researched diligently among the sects of religion to determine where he could find the true interpretation of the word of God in the scriptures, for it is revealed by the Holy Ghost unto man. He was inspired to pray to Heavenly Father to know what church to join, and the one of the most miraculous events happened. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ appeared to Joseph Smith in person, telling him the following as recorded in Joseph Smith – History in verse nineteen:
“I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof. He again forbade me to join with any of them; and many other things did he say unto me, which I cannot write at this time.”
He was eventually called to be prophet to restore the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Priesthood Authority of God, and the truth by the Gift and Power of the Holy Ghost.
Joseph Smith knew his salvation was not guaranteed, if he just worked to the best of his knowledge. A possible destruction of eternal soul was immanent. He would be negligent if he did not to live the truth in its fullness to have an assurance that his life is right with God.
We all need to practice self-awareness of our spirits. Do you have an assurance from God that your life is right with Him? Everyone is blessed with the light of Christ to know right and wrong. If you live the Gospel of Jesus Christ, you can resolve these feelings neglect of our eternal souls and obtain a hope of salvation. A verse comes to mind. It is Third Nephi chapter twelve verse six: “And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost.”