When Dandelion Wishes, Magic 8 Balls and Shooting Stars Just Aren't Doing the Trick...

Background:

I read the following status from my friend Brendan Clary on FB on Thursday:

"Alma 32 in light of dating, true love, and celestial marriage. Wow."

 I was very familiar with Alma 32 but had never read it in said light. So I was intrigued and decided that on Saturday afternoon, I was going to go sit in a park somewhere and read Alma 32 in light of dating....whatever that meant.

Well Saturday came and Saturday went, and I still had yet to read it.

So Sunday morning comes and I am getting ready for church when I decide to check and see if Sister Bolton has updated her blog recently, because I was "yearnin' for some learnin'" (name that movie). And lo and behold, she had indeed updated it that very morning. To my great astonishment, and true delight, she had written a beautiful post on none other than... you guessed it, Alma 32 specifically in regards to courtship and dating. I couldn't believe it! Just three days earlier Brendan had mentioned the same thing. Clearly I needed to read this chapter As soon as I finished that post, I grabbed my scriptures a journal and a blanket and headed out to find a calm and quiet place to delve into this sucker.

And delve I did. Wow. That chapter will never be the "faith" chapter or the "seed/testimony" chapter ever again. Wow, Wow, Wow, WOW! Go read it. NOW!

Now, to be honest, I was kind of skeptical at first. I have classified myself into a "unique" dating situation for the time being, one that I haven't really been in before, so I figured that whatever was in that chapter probably would apply to your average, true-love seeking YSA, but it probably wouldn't apply one bit to my situation. 

Guess again girlfren. 

I'm pretty sure that this chapter, with all of it's ins and outs and parallels can and will apply to you no matter what stage of dating you are in.

So if you're a YSA and you're trying to figure out how to no longer be a YSA, this chapter is your golden ticket. Dandelion wishes are one of my favorite things in the whole-wide-world, but you can't wish your way to the temple. This chapter is golden, the perfect dating handbook. 

So um... what are you still doing here? Go! Read Alma 32 and get to work. And if you're still not convinced, check out Sister Bolton's post here. Then go read and let me know what you find!

Happy Sabbath,

Love, Noelle