Piggybacking on my blog post from yesterday about exchanging gifts with God, it has occurred to me that we can each use "wishlists" in this gift exchange.
God asks for particular acts of service through callings, promptings, and Patriarchal Blessings. He uses these tools to give us specific instructions for what He wants us, personally, to do, in addition to the general commandments He gives everybody.
In return, we can request particular blessings through prayer and fasting. There are many blessings that God is willing to grant us if we ask for them, and we essentially get to choose which (and how many) of those we get, so it makes sense to ask God for the blessings we especially want.
Of course, we don't always get exactly what we want from God any more than we always get exactly what's on our wishlists, especially when what we ask for isn't actually what's best for us. But it couldn't hurt to ask, and it also couldn't hurt to make sure that we're giving God the gifts He specifically requests of us.
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