Short and sweet.
I heard a really good talk a few months ago that I haven't been able to forget--maybe there's a reason for that. It was in person, so I can't go back and read it or put it into context. I can't even remember the speaker's topic, but one sentence he said has almost haunted me ever since.
He said, "Every good thought should be treated as a prompting until proven otherwise."
Duh! If every good thing comes from God why should I ever think that good thoughts are my original ideas? I should trust that I am capable of receiving a message from God through the Holy Ghost and act on it. If I find out later that it was just me, well, no harm no foul, right?
It seems like hundreds of times that I've had thoughts about someone or something and I've brushed it off only to find out a day or week later that it was a prompting I should have listened to. That's an awful feeling. I figure if I start living by this principle, even if I can't remember who said it, it could change my life.
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