Waiting on the road to Damascus or Climb the road to Emmaus

So I have a friend serving a mission for our church and we have been writing hand written letters back and forth to stay in contact during this time. Mormons, single handedly keeping the US Postal Service in business. In my last letter to her, I wrote about how we each have a personal mission to accomplish and how she was called to her mission for a reason. She responded about how she felt that was true, and that we have to go out and seek for it, the answer just doesn't come beforehand. We find our answer by seeking for it. She said that the subject made her think of President Uchtdorf's talk entitled  "Waiting on the Road to Damascus" and how good it was. I studied that talk today as part of my scripture study and had these thoughts come:

I find it interesting that the stories that we read in the scriptures of an angel or Christ appearing come from one of two reasons. It is either extreme unrighteousness- Saul, Alma and the sons of Mosiah, Laman and Lemuel- or extreme righteousness- Joseph Smith, Nephi, the brother of Jared. I'd rather "force" an appearance from the latter, not the former. Bt the likelihood of that occurring is zilch. So rather than waiting on the road to Damascus demanding an appearance from Christ, we gain our testimony walking on the road to Emmaus (for those unfamiliar with that story go here verse 13-33). We commune with Him, learn of Him, feast on His spirit, and then the testimony slowly comes. Then we realize that He was always with us, and recognize all that we have learned. We remember and think, "Did not our heart burn within us" while we sought for Him and learned of His teachings? While the real road to Emmaus may be flat, we figuratively climb rocks, hills, and the difficult road with Him by our side. When we reach the end of the road, it is not Emmaus that we reach, but rather the presence of Christ and our Heavenly Father. No longer will our eyes be holden, but rather opened so that we know them.

I've entitled this blog "Climbing the Road to Emmaus" because I want to climb the road with my Savior, wherever my path may lead. This blog is to record my thoughts and insights along the way.