Thanks for this prompt, dad. Since getting married I've been trying to be really good at being patient with myself and patient with finding balance. For years I've been good at saying my personal prayers and really studying my scriptures - somehow all these years of habit meant nothing and I was happy if I even read my scriptures once a week. I am a little proud of myself that I didn't let this eat me up inside, I had to consciously remind myself that I had to again learn to walk before I ran and that the balance of couple spiritual stuff and personal spiritual stuff would come.
As I read this talk I really felt like my time of patience with this thing was up and that my grace period was over. Basically, time to get my spiritual act together! So my story isn't anything grand at all, just a course correction and nudge to be who the Lord expects me to be. I really have a testimony that the Lord is patient with us and I feel that He was patient with me as I adjusted to being married, but I was beginning to waste the blood of His Son. Everything is line upon line and precept upon precept and I feel like with reading this I received and answer that it was time to move up to the next line and be responsible for higher things.
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Good job on letting go of perfectionism, but also recognizing that the Lord does ask you to change. That is a hard balance to reach. We often go too far one way or the other. Good thing we have Apostles of the Lord and Dad to remind us to get back to the right balance:) love you, sis!
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