Come to Zion?

[SunPacific]

Hi all,

Background: My wife and I have been making great progress in our lives and have taken many worldy influences out of our lives after I had a feeling I might get a certain calling. I didnt in the end. (see Pres Uchtdorf's talk Oct 08 Preisthood session)

We continued on this path which I must say is so incredibly fufilling it is amazing to me now how much time i wasted with internet & TV & video games etc; All little things but they all add up.

Since my previous experience I have contiuned to prepare myself for whatever the Lord would want me to do. I have always been trying to get back to the spiritual high I felt on my mission so I begun living the "mission rules" in most repects like before and have felt a great constant spirit with me. I recommend this to anyone feeling like they have plateaued.

Long story sorry... A few months ago I started praying fervently to know what the Lord's will for us is, three words popped into my head. Move to Utah

So despite all the illogical sense this makes months later I cannot shake it. Things have been going well for us here, i have a great job i would nearly cry if i had to leave, my wife is due this summer with #3, we have no family to speak of in utah or job prospects. I have only been in my new job for a few months...the only way i can figure to keep it is to commute by plane each week, come home each weekend=lame home life

I am still so dumbfounded by it all and yet I cannot shake it off my mind. I guess I am worried if I am really being prompted or is it that Satan is ticked at me for completely changing my life and is now trying to screw me up by giving me counterfeit impressions...

I feel like i have read every talk on the subject but have yet to feel reassured. Maybe I just worry too much and lack the faith to just go? and yet I am worried this is just a test, a co worker told me he had an impression once to move to Utah and it didnt work out so he thought it was just a test. I am scared this is the case with me but it would totally screw up my career and family if it was.

Anyways sorry again for the long post.. has anyone else had a "crazy" impression like this before...?

Thanks!

[MarginOfError]

Yeah, my parents had a distinct impression to move to Maine one year. My dad had no employment lined up when we left. He showed up in church the first week and someone said, "Hey, the electric company I'm working for has a position open." He got the job and was called as bishop a year later. Sometimes these things happen.

Keep in mind, however, that my dad was unemployed at the time we moved. So being unemployed in Utah wasn't a whole lot different than being unemployed in Maine. If you're still unsure, wait for confirmation. How does your family feel. If they've all felt the same way for three months, that might be a hint to start packing. If they all look at you like you're crazy and feel like they need to stay, maybe you should reconsider.

Ultimately, I don't know what you're feeling, so I'll have to trust your judgment on the matter.

[MarginOfError]

Oh, and by the way...move to Utah or don't move to Utah, for crying out loud please stop calling it Zion. For me, Utah was closer to hell than it was Zion. :)

[Tarnished]

There is a family in our ward where the husband lost his job and they were given the inspiration to move to Utah. It is sad to see them go, but I hope they will be blessed by listening to the promptings of the Lord.

[Gwen]

what inspiration has your wife gotten? have you prayed and fasted together? you are a team and a partnership, companions. this is a decision to be made jointly.

[Wingnut]

I would think that if it was Satan, the feeling wouldn't still be there months later.

[Gwen]

lol not sure about anyone else's life but for me satan has proven to be very very very patient.

2 corinthians 13:1 In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.

[skippy740]

Did you ask WHEN?

[Dravin]

Oh, and by the way...move to Utah or don't move to Utah, for crying out loud please stop calling it Zion. For me, Utah was closer to hell than it was Zion. :)

Yes! for the love of all that is... something.

As somebody who lives in Utah this bugs me, the implication is that the Stake I lived in back in Alaska wasn't Zion. IIRC the Stakes into which we gather, regardless of where are Zion. And if you go by the pure in heart defintion (if you interpret that as percentage of members somehow) that'd be Tonga or one of the other Pacific Isles if I'm not mistaken.

Now don't get me wrong Utah is an nice place with an interesting culture (think its the only state in the Union your bus driver will chat you up about General Conference the next day).

[jadams_4040]

Hi all,

Background: My wife and I have been making great progress in our lives and have taken many worldy influences out of our lives after I had a feeling I might get a certain calling. I didnt in the end. (see Pres Uchtdorf's talk Oct 08 Preisthood session)

We continued on this path which I must say is so incredibly fufilling it is amazing to me now how much time i wasted with internet & TV & video games etc; All little things but they all add up.

Since my previous experience I have contiuned to prepare myself for whatever the Lord would want me to do. I have always been trying to get back to the spiritual high I felt on my mission so I begun living the "mission rules" in most repects like before and have felt a great constant spirit with me. I recommend this to anyone feeling like they have plateaued.

Long story sorry... A few months ago I started praying fervently to know what the Lord's will for us is, three words popped into my head. Move to Utah

So despite all the illogical sense this makes months later I cannot shake it. Things have been going well for us here, i have a great job i would nearly cry if i had to leave, my wife is due this summer with #3, we have no family to speak of in utah or job prospects. I have only been in my new job for a few months...the only way i can figure to keep it is to commute by plane each week, come home each weekend=lame home life

I am still so dumbfounded by it all and yet I cannot shake it off my mind. I guess I am worried if I am really being prompted or is it that Satan is ticked at me for completely changing my life and is now trying to screw me up by giving me counterfeit impressions...

I feel like i have read every talk on the subject but have yet to feel reassured. Maybe I just worry too much and lack the faith to just go? and yet I am worried this is just a test, a co worker told me he had an impression once to move to Utah and it didnt work out so he thought it was just a test. I am scared this is the case with me but it would totally screw up my career and family if it was.

Anyways sorry again for the long post.. has anyone else had a "crazy" impression like this before...?

Thanks!

Heavenly father has also endowed us with common sense; if you are meant to move to utah the lord will provide the path, Sometimes everybody receives a prompting {revealation} as to somethng we beleive to be heaven sent, But do not ruin your lives trying to follow a feeling; if it was meant to be; the lord will make it happen; you will have no choice.:)

[pam]

(think its the only state in the Union your bus driver will chat you up about General Conference the next day).

Isn't that the truth?

[TruthSeekerToo]

I think you've gotten great advice. I would just add that you can start looking for jobs and applying, sending out resume's and all that.

I would never move without a job lined up.......unless specifically told to.

[Just_A_Guy]

Utah's job market is probably a little better than the rest of the country's right now, generally speaking. But even here things are tough; and wages tend to be somewhat depressed.

Here's a good starting point for your job search, if you decide to come on out; and don't forget LDS Employment Resource Services. Good luck.