Today’s Talk: Yielding Our Hearts to God
By: Neill F. Marriott
When we open ourselves to the Spirit, we learn God’s way and feel His will.
I remember clinging to every word as Sister Marriott gave this talk last October. I filled several pages in my journal with phrases and thoughts from her that stood out to me. As I have been pondering this talk recently I still love it and recognize how truly inspired it was and how much it spoke to my heart.
I’d like to share some of the notes I took last October as I first listened to this talk. Although not quoted precisely , my hope is that the simplicity in them can show what stood out most to me during a time where finding peace and comfort and acceptance of the Lord’s will was what I needed most.
How do we make the Lord’s way, our way? We seek to do His will.
“Where are you Heavenly Father?” Seek and wait.
It will all work out.
Faith- put trust in God and he won’t forsake us.
A healed heart accepts thy will and waits for joy to come.
The Lord’s way = happiness
A healed heart must break before the Lord.
Do thy will with a heart sincere
Over the past few years as my husband and I have been unsuccessfully trying to add another child to our family, I have had to learn how to accept God’s will, rather than my own. It has been heartbreaking to experience loss and disappointment time after time and I have literally felt my heart break and my spirit crushed. From a mortal perspective, it is easy to lose track of the eternal side of things. What “I want” is to be able to fulfill a righteous desire and bring another baby into our family. What “I want” is to give our daughters another sibling. Not being successful at this has often left me wondering why, and longing for the day when everything will be made right in the Lord’s time. During this difficult trial, I have found great peace in the words Sister Marriott spoke.
“When we offer our broken heart to Jesus Christ, He accepts our offering. He takes us back. No matter what losses, wounds, and rejection we have suffered, His grace and healing are mightier than all. Truly yoked to the Savior, we can say with confidence, “It will all work out.”
I know that through Jesus Christ my heart can be healed. Through Him I can receive the strength and inspiration I need. As I have learned to align my will with the Lord’s will, I have found a peace in my life that helps me get through each day and find happiness. I have found that the most important part of this is doing all that I can each day and continually praying for guidance and acceptance of the Lord’s will.
And through these experiences I have come to believe in the Marriott family motto that “it will all work out.”
I was born and raised in Littleton, Colorado but now call Bountiful, Utah home. I am blessed to have a wonderful husband (we met on a blind date!) and two beautiful daughters. I get to be a stay-at-home mom which I love. I’m also a Netflix binge watcher and an avid reader. I love shopping at Target, dark chocolate and spending time with our friends and family. Surviving the Columbine High School shooting as a teenager , battling infertility as an adult and knowing I am a daughter of God has helped me to look for the good in the world and focus on the tender mercies in my life. My passion is writing and sharing my heart and soul with others.