I'll Go Where YOU Want ME to Go!

 Being home the hymn number 270, I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go, Has become much more meaning to me. It says:

1. It may not be on the mountain height
Or over the stormy sea,
It may not be at the battle's front
My Lord will have need of me.
But if, by a still, small voice he calls
To paths that I do not know,
I'll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in thine:
I'll go where you want me to go.
(Chorus)
I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord,
Over mountain or plain or sea;
I'll say what you want me to say, dear Lord;
I'll be what you want me to be.
2. Perhaps today there are loving words
Which Jesus would have me speak;
There may be now in the paths of sin
Some wand'rer whom I should seek.
O Savior, if thou wilt be my guide,
Tho dark and rugged the way,
My voice shall echo the message sweet:
I'll say what you want me to say.
3. There's surely somewhere a lowly place
In earth's harvest fields so wide
Where I may labor through life's short day
For Jesus, the Crucified.
So trusting my all to thy tender care,
And knowing thou lovest me,
I'll do thy will with a heart sincere:
I'll be what you want me to be.

Where does the Lord need you at?

Coming home is all part of the Lords plan. He may be testing us to see if we will go where He wants It may not be on the mountain height or over the stormy sea, It may not be at the battle's front my Lord will have need of me." We don't always know where the Lord needs us at. But, we can feel comforted knowing that we have put our whole heart, might, mind, and strength into the battle! 

us to go. Will we do what He wants us to do? As the song says, "

Now that you are home do you still have the attitude of: "But if, by a still, small voice he calls To paths that I do not know, I'll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in thine: I'll go where you want me to go."? If the still, small voice prompts you to return to the field will you? If the still, small voice prompts you to serve a church service mission will you?  Will you still go where the Lord wants you to go? Or, "Perhaps today there are loving words which Jesus would have me speak". Will you still speak what the Lord would have you say? Where is your heart at? Have you checked out of being a missionary, or do you have missionary badge pinned to your heart, as Elder Neil L. Anderson counselled? 

Where can you still serve? As the third verse says: "There's surely somewhere a lowly place in earth's harvest fields so wide where I may labor through life's short day For Jesus, the Crucified." There really are many different places where you can still serve! 

I'm sure most of you are aware of this post I made on Facebook: 

I have been fasting, praying, and attending the temple about this decision. This decision was between me and the Lord, with council from my Bishop, Stake President, and Mission President. It'ts not where you serve, it's that YOU SERVED or continue to serve. My Mission President said the Lord looks upon church service just as he would a proselytizing mission. You have been Honorable excused from Full-Time Service, now, find out what the Lord would have you do. 

I'm not saying you have to serve a Church Service Mission, or Return, however, I am saying council with the lord, Find out what he would have you do. As it says in Isaiah 55:8:

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord

The Lord may have other plans for you. Do what HE wants you to do! Go where He wants you to go! Be what He wants you to be!

A Little About Church Service Missions: 

There are many ways and opportunities for an individual to serve! The church is very flexible with you and your schedule. The Brethren would like you to do something else with the church service mission, like attending school, or working part time. They even allow you to date (you just cannot go on a date with your missionary tag still on).

There are a few requirements you must meet in order to serve: (these are also found on https://www.lds.org/callings/missionary/church-service-missionary/ycsm/am-i-eligible?lang=eng)

•  Be worthy to hold a temple recommend.
• Meet the standard mission age requirements (18-25 for young men, 19-25 for young women).
• Be honorably excused from a full-time proselyting mission (applies to young men only).
• Be physically, mentally, and emotionally able to fulfill the specific call and its related duties.
• Provide their own transportation.
• Be responsible for their own financial support, including living expenses and insurance.
• Be responsible for their own medical and dental needs, including eye care and prescription drug expenses.
• Be endorsed by bishop and stake president.
• A worthy young man or woman returning home early from a full-time proselyting mission for reasons other than worthiness may also serve as a YCSM.

There are many areas in which you may serve. Here are a sample also found here: https://www.lds.org/callings/missionary/church-service-missionary/ycsm/where-can-i-serve?lang=eng

Young Church-service missionaries are able to serve in many areas. Here is a list of some of them:

Serving in the Bishops Storehouse, Baltimore, MD

• Family History: research, image processing, indexing, FamilySearch support, assisting at the Family History Library
• Information and Communication Services (ICS): information technology–related opportunities
• Publishing Services: media support
• Mission Offices: referral management, materials management, office support, administrative assistance
• Meetinghouse Facilities: building maintenance, inspection, and repair
• Seminaries and Institutes: office work, computer Support, student recruitment and enrollment, special needs assistance, event support
• Welfare Operations: assignments in bishops' storehouses, Deseret Industries stores, employment resource centers, canneries, and so forth

For much more information please visit: https://www.lds.org/callings/missionary/church-service-missionary?lang=eng

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