I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded!

Life. Life gets busy with everything we have to do daily. So many things demand our time whether it be school, work, church, friends and family. How in the world are we suppose to be doing all these things? That's where the Gosple of Jesus Christ kicks in! 

I love in 1 Nephi 3:7 where Nephi tells his father "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the things which he commandeth them." What a glorious promise! As we GO and DO what has been asked of us by our Heavenly Father, He will prepare the way and make it possible for us to accomplish all the things that we need to! 

My favorite story from General Conference is about Corrie ten Boom:

"Corrie ten Boom, a devout Dutch Christian woman, found such healing despite having been interned in concentration camps during World War II. She suffered greatly, but unlike her beloved sister Betsie, who perished in one of the camps, Corrie survived.

After the war she often spoke publicly of her experiences and of healing and forgiveness. On one occasion a former Nazi guard who had been part of Corrie’s own grievous confinement in Ravensbrück, Germany, approached her, rejoicing at her message of Christ’s forgiveness and love.

“‘How grateful I am for your message, Fraulein,’ he said. ‘To think that, as you say, He has washed my sins away!’

“His hand was thrust out to shake mine,” Corrie recalled. “And I, who had preached so often … the need to forgive, kept my hand at my side.

“Even as the angry, vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. … Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him.

“I tried to smile, [and] I struggled to raise my hand. I could not. I felt nothing, not the slightest spark of warmth or charity. And so again I breathed a silent prayer. Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me Your forgiveness.

“As I took his hand the most incredible thing happened. From my shoulder along my arm and through my hand a current seemed to pass from me to him, while into my heart sprang a love for this stranger that almost overwhelmed me.

“And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world’s healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.”"

This is about forgiveness but relates so perfectly! Heavenly Father doesn't just ask us to GO and DO, He gives us all the tools to accomplish everything he asks of us. I know that this is true. I know that life gets hard; but as we rely on the Lord and seek to do His will, He will give us the strength, energy, motivation and desire! Everything is made possible through Jesus Christ!