Today in one of my classes I learned an important lesson. When the Christians took off to fight the Crusades they were going because they believed it was what God wanted them to do. They didn't really succeed and it was actually kind of ridiculous in hind sight. However, they did it anyway. The Saints of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the 1800's were once told to gather the men together and march to Missouri. They were told by a prophet of God and they knew it was right so they did it. When they got there they were no longer needed. So they turned around and headed back to where they came from. This march, which we often call Zion's Camp, produced many leaders of the church and many who fell away. It all depended on what they took away from the Zion's Camp experience. In my life I have had many similar experiences. Sometimes I know that something is right so I do it and then I get there and nothing happens. I don't accomplish what I thought I was setting out to do. However, the Lord has different plans. He knows what we need to learn and it's not always what we think it is. This is my motivation: that the Lord is in control. This occurred to me at the peak of one of these moments. I was standing in Missouri and trying to figure out what I was supposed to do when I realized that the important part is the journey. I don't always know what's going on, but I know that the Lord does and that helps motivate me to keep pushing forward.
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