If you Listen, Life will get Easier

I have received several promptings in the past two weeks- most of which I have forgotten.  But, I will share one that I most definitely recall!

Last Thursday a friend invited me to go out to ice cream with her. It sounded fun, I had had a long day, and it really would've been nice to get out.

I went home, got my kids (and husband) settled, and got ready to go out the door.  I had a feeling that I shouldn't go out, I should just stay home.  I didn't think much of it, brushed it off, and thought "I deserve this, it's been a long day, and I'm going to go. It's not a big deal."

I continued to get ready, find my keys, and turned a show on for my youngest. (He wasn't "settling down" as much as Dad would've liked, for me to be able to go out, so this was my solution.)

Again the thought came.  Again, I brushed it off, thinking if it really was an important prompting, it would come again. I got in the car, with this little bird on my shoulder telling me "don't go."

I drove up to my friend's house, and while in her driveway, I told her, "I'm sorry, but I just have this feeling that we shouldn't go out tonight. I don't know what the reason is, but I'm going to listen."

I'd heard that if you start listening to promptings, more will come, and you'll learn to recognize them.

That was that. There was no earthquake that night. No sirens. No firetrucks, ambulances, or other warning signs. There was no reason to think I'd been saved from grave danger.

The next day, Friday, I auditioned for a choir that I really really wanted to get in to. Saturday morning I found out that I'd made the choir- and rehearsals started straight away that morning. It was so so so wonderful! I feel like that was a little gift from my Heavenly Father, to be able to sing in a choir is one of my greatest joys.

And, that's usually how it is when I listen to promptings. I don't get to find out. Or, weeks later, in hindsight, I can see how it all played out.

This time I was able to see the answer a few days later. We had been out of town starting on Saturday after my rehearsal, to getting back late Sunday night.

Monday I found out that my friend I would've been hanging out with that Thursday had been sick with the flu all weekend. I would not have been able to audition, or if so I would've missed the first rehearsal, and would not have been able to go out of town with my family.

Blessings can be big, or subtle. I am so glad I listened to the prompting to stay home Thursday night. Because I listened, I had a much enjoyable weekend of singing and family, and I avoided the flu!!