A LITMUS TEST

There are a few ways to see how you are doing.  One of them is to go and listen to the Prophets, Seers and Revelators speak the mind and will of God.  The hearts will either be pricked, or they will be affirming.  If pricked, the outcome will be repentance.  Many or most, who become embroiled in sin, either choose the path of repentance, or choose to kick against the pricks.  There are TWO options - and two options only.

Many are so uncomfortable in their own skin, that they will not face Priesthood leaders (and often resent men, because of that connection alone).  If someone cannot look you in the eye in a deep and sustained manner - do NOT trust them.  It is a dead giveaway of what is going on in their hearts and minds.  I have encountered this OVER and OVER again.  A back-stabber (unless truly pathological), cannot look you in the eye.

The biggest self-diagnostic, is whether you can look yourself deeply in the eyes (in a mirror, of course).  If you have any problem doing that at all - then you have a problem.  As a teen, someone had installed a mirror in my room (my sister's old room).  It was about 2x3 feet.  In one corner, I had this printed out and I would read it daily.  It helped me immensely.  That - and the challenge I received from my Seminary teacher, Sister Catanzaro to look at ourselves in the mirror daily as a check against slipping into sinful thoughts or behaviors:



If you are struggling with something, go through this checklist and see where you are at.  I remember going to Sister Catanzaro one day and told her that I was feeling a feeling of overwhelming love and peace in my life (I cannot remember what the circumstances were), but she got all emotional and reminded me of the fruits of the Spirit.  She is one of the women in my life that I will always be grateful for.