{"id":147,"date":"2008-10-29T20:39:16","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T02:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/blog\/?p=147"},"modified":"2018-02-17T21:06:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-18T03:06:19","slug":"a-heart-like-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/29\/a-heart-like-his\/","title":{"rendered":"A Heart Like His"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Book of Helaman, in the Book of Mormon, is all about the human spirit waxing cold.\u00a0 Hardened hearts exposing one another, mankind breaking one another down, rampant domestic disputes. Kind of like our day. The Nephites, at this particular time, had a \u201cheart condition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">When was the last time you had a check up on your heart? I don\u2019t mean EKGs and the like, I mean strength of spirit, body, and soul. Virginia H. Pearce wrote a book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Heart-Like-His-Making-Space-ebook\/dp\/B00367KIQU\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1518922531&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=a+heart+like+his+virginia+pearce\"><em>A Heart Like His<\/em><\/a>, that resulted from an experiment she participated in to check on her own heart\u00a0and discovered some revealing truths about herself and her capacity to enlarge it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The experiment was to basically live her normal life, doing everyday things, BUT to readily open her heart, to those in need around her, at any given moment, no matter what the clock told her, or her schedule allowed, or whether she felt like it or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The first step was to pay attention and catch opportunities. That was the hard part.\u00a0 When you\u2019re busy, who looks around to add more stress to your day? Too many of us spend our days looking down at our own feet, or straight ahead to the next hurdle.\u00a0 Noticing someone else who may be hurting inside, or simply reaching out with a smile becomes a journey in habit-forming and plain old awareness, which comes from a strong enough desire to open your heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Another step was to acknowledge and follow the Holy Spirit. Those are two different actions. We can acknowledge the Holy Spirit all the day long without following His influence. When we feel a prompting to act on something, how many excuses can we think up instantaneously to not follow through?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jesus Christ always stands as the supreme example. His heart was ever aware of all who struggled around him. In one of those films we have on Christ,\u00a0we watch him heal the blind man, but the part that brings tears to my eyes is when he positions the blind man\u2019s child so she will be the first person he sees, even before he sees the Lord. Such mercy, such love,\u00a0and devotion can we forget?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As Relief Society sisters we would be each other\u2019s best friends. Is it a monumental feat to sit right next to someone sitting by herself, or do we chicken out and sit with someone we know, or worse yet, a seat or two away from this lonely person? When Visiting Teaching, who do you talk to more? The person you know, or the person you don\u2019t know very well? When you are asked to organize an activity, do you ask for help from your friends, or from the sisters who need to feel needed at the time? Are we in the business of enlarging our circle? Enlarging our heart to all those around us? Even reaching out to the unlovable?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Virginia talks about the breakthroughs she experienced when she stepped out of her comfort zone, followed the signals the Spirit was giving her\u00a0and reached out to someone. She said it never failed to ALWAYS be a rewarding experience. Ultimately, her heart enjoyed being open, and ready to welcome, help, and uplift everyone. And she reveled in the joy of others\u2019 success; a celebration all could share in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I believe this is a process we must all experiment with, and truly become converted to. It may not be natural for us to open our hearts to one another. But if our hearts are closed, we are denying the blessings of the gospel in each other\u2019s lives. When our hearts are closed, we tend to shut people out, we are not available to them, we hurt feelings, and we become miserable ourselves. It takes practice to hear the inspirations of the Spirit and it takes practice to act on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I remember meeting Virginia\u2019s mother, Marjorie Hinckley, for the first time. What a thrill it was for me to shake her hand and tell her how much I thought of her. She responded, \u201cI\u2019m so blessed to have met you.\u201d I have always remembered how stupefied I felt. How could she make me feel like a million bucks in an instant? Easily, her heart was well practiced to be open and ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">It would be a great Relief Society Activity for friends to challenge one another and be available to bolster each\u00a0another. 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