Remember... Humility, Diligence

D&C 4:

 6 Remember faith, ^avirtue, knowledge, ^btemperance, ^cpatience,^dbrotherly ^ekindness, ^fgodliness, charity, ^ghumility, ^hdiligence.

 7 ^aAsk, and ye shall receive; ^bknock, and it shall be opened unto you. Amen.  

          I can't do everything on my own like I want to. I am not a self-contained unit that can go through life without relying on anyone else, and without anyone else relying on me. We weren't designed to be that way, any of us. 

  Yet, I've always had a hard time asking for help.  I always try to solve things myself, then I beat myself up because I cant, and then I just shut down.  

 Earlier today, I had a bit of a moment with God, where I reached that point where I was doing everything except humbly asking for his help. I felt like a horrible failure. I went through my head that I had indeed done everything I could think of to resolve the problem and the situation, and then I was ready to shut down. 

 Luckily, Heavenly Father kind of responded to me with "Well, why do you think I would expect or want you to do everything on your own. Think of the atonement, you can't get back to me on your own. Its that way for a reason."  

 I broke down and said "Heavenly Father, I need and want your help." then I proceeded to list everything that has been weighing me down, stressing me out, and bringing me nearer to the snapping point. "I don't know what to do, everything I have tried isn't working. Help me know what to do."          

      I felt some inspiration come to me  of who I need to talk to, and then I received this scripture response as I finished out my prayer...

  "Humility, Diligence.  Ask and ye shall receive, Knock and it shall be opened unto you."

The first two words, the last two words of a scripture verse hit me hard. Humility first, then diligence.  For some maybe this isn't the answer, but for me it was a good reminder. Pride is nobody's friend.  The combination of Humility, recognizing the need for our Savior Jesus Christ, and our Heavenly Father to guide and direct our lives and our works for their success is vitally important. Then, diligently working to accomplish those things that need to be done , that is the key to success.  President Hinkely once said "We pray, and then we go."  

Pray, humbly ask for Gods direction and assistance, and then go get to work.   I know as I do this, I will find answers, and peace, doors opened up to me. Funny, I think I keep learning this lesson over and over again. Hopefully one day I will get it. Glad I got a reminder tonight though.