To Him That Believeth

So I'm reading this book and it's called To Him That Believeth and it's all about building faith claiming divine promises and blessings. It is changing my life. Truly. It talks about 5 things that we need to do in order to develop powerful faith. 

1. Be persistent

2. Act "as if"

3. Work for it

4. Doubt nothing

5. Faith is a gift of God

I put these 5 things on a sticky note and I have it in my room so that whenever I see it I'm reminded of the book and about how I'm am going to be actively engaged in building my faith. The author of the book gives various examples of people who have this kind of faith and how they develop it. For example, his daughter is a really good pianist, and when she was at BYU she was the accompanist in a singing group that she organized. They were asked to go on a TV show to perform, but the night before the performance she chipped her thumb and developed paralysis in her arm. Of course she could not play and the doctors said it would be weeks until the she would be healed IF the paralysis even went away. She had made the arrangements to the songs herself and had them all memorized, so getting another pianist was out of the question. Her father told her to take some pain killers,and to visualize herself at the concert, playing piano, what she'd be wearing, healed, etc. Then to look at her hands and say, "It worked, I can play!" He told her, "You must see yourself this way over and over again, if you wake up during the night, put that 'movie' back into your head again". She did exactly what he had told her, and she put all of her faith in her Father in Heaven. In the morning she was completely healed. 

I know we hear these stories of faith all the time and we think 'that can never happen to me' or 'no way' but that is what this book is all about. The author gives a lot of examples of powerful faith in Father in Heaven and it just makes ya realize that if your work for it (number 3)and don't doubt (4) then anything is possible. This book has been such a blessing to me already and I'm only on chapter 2. I want to have powerful faith so that I can claim Heaven's blessings. I've already started using the steps 1-5 in my everyday life. No matter what it is, if I'm feeling sick, or if I'm doing a really challenging activity (like climbing a steep hill, haha that's challenging for me) it doesn't matter. If you start with the simple things first, and put forth your faith, it just keeps getting more and more powerful. I challenge each of you to use these steps and to go out and buy the book! It really is life changing and I'm so grateful for it!

I wasn't planning on writing this much, or even writing this post  completely about the book, but it's just great! So yeah, anyway, I guess I'll just give you an example of how I'm using what I've learned from the book :) Today I had to babysit my niece all day so I decided, "Hey! Why don't we go on a little walk to the neighborhood park?!" So I set off with Raegan in the stroller. A few things you need to know: 1) It's like 900 degrees here in Utah and your skin melts off right as you step outside. It's disgusting. 2) Our whole neighborhood is like one gigantic hill, and the playground is where? right at the bottom. 3) Our house is at the very TOP of the hill. So I knew it would be really hot and I'd prolly get sore, hahha! Going down the hill was a little awkward just because I was pushing a stroller, and let me tell ya, if you've never pushed a stroller down a hill, don't! ;) 

What I thought I looked like!

What I really looked like.

So the park was way fun! But then Raegan had to go potty so I was like, "Oh no we're never gonna make it, I've got this huge mountain to climb (we all know how weak Krista is right?), there's no way". I thought I was going to pass out half way through, but then I was like this is negative thinking. So I said a prayer and then I started visualizing myself walking into the house after the 'hike' with a smile on face, feeling great! It worked! I made, I started feeling better, and hey, I'm still alive! haha. Anyway it was kinda fun and I did get some exercise so I guess it all worked out ;) Raegan got to sit in a stroller the whole time, in shade while I huffed it. But hey, what are Aunties for?! 

On our way...TWINERS!

Sorry this was so long.