Look up! Look to God who made you! That is among the first teachings I gave my children as I held them soon after they were born and thanked God for their arrival.
Now that is my daily constant direction. To look up is to exercise faith, feel His love, hear answers, and find comfort. Now in their studies, vocation, mission, marriage decisions, I pray even more fervently; look up! Pray to God. The course of lives can be changed in seeking divine aid and direction. As President Monson said, “It is better to look up!”
Look up not sideways to others for approval. Don't gauge progress and success by others but look up to know what God thinks.
Look up when you are at a loss to know what to do, and know that the Lord will "lead thee by the hand and give thee answer to thy prayers." (Doctrine and Covenants 112:10)
Look up when you are blessed and the sun is shining on you and thank God for his kindness and mercy to you.
Look up when you have decisions to make. "And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear." (Isaiah 65:24)
Look up when you know what to do and others don't understand. Act on truth regardless of the choices of others.
And look up when answers take longer or don't seem to be coming as you expect. Follow Elder Carl B. Cooks counsel to "'stand by your post' until the Lord sends some help, however long that takes. " Keep the commandments, have faith and hold on.
Look up to see the hand of God and know that he will extend his mercy as he did many times to us, in joy, in danger, in sickness, in finances, in relationships, in decisions, in sadness, in answers. We have a heritage of looking to God and seeing His Hand.
I do not have all the answers. But I know God does. And sometimes He shares those with me. Who can number the daily thoughts, the flow of ideas, the warm comfort and love I have felt from the Almighty? I worship a God who cares deeply about me and each one of his children. I worship a God who shares His love and His wisdom. I am blessed when I follow His counsel.
Looking to God as we move forward will help us be more successful than any other thing we do. No skill, no class, no technique, no activity, no amount of money is more powerful than the inspiration of God that can magnify, direct and bless our efforts. Look up!
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