How do you know if you're getting revelation

or if your brain is just thinking up stuff on its own?

Oh sweetie, I would love to talk to you about that, but I'm in the middle of helping your brother put a salad together since he got distracted with all the excitement.

No, I didn’t you? You put a head of lettuce in a bowl and put it on the table.

How was I supposed to know you wanted it cut up?

Yeah. Kids, excuse me. Dad, dad. Hey Sis, can we make this a walk and talk?

I got to get the food on the grill.

Miguel, quick, come here.

What is it?

Where are my rugrats? Aunt Tilly!

Penny! Hi girl! You were a girl. Yes, yes, you are.

Tilly, can I ask you a question? Oh silly, you don’t need to ask a question whether you can ask a question.

When you’re praying, how do you know if you’re getting an answer from Heavenly Father? Oh wow.

I thought you were going to ask if I like your sparkly shirt.

It’s darling, by the way. When I pray,

I think my feelings are messing everything up. Yep, I totally understand. Are these my feelings, or is it Heavenly Father trying to tell me something,

and how the Spirit speaks to me may be different for how it speaks to someone else.

However, I found that I can know of something is coming from me or not if I feel peace, and I can’t manufacture peace. So when I feel it, I know that I’m feeling the Holy Ghost. Is it that easy? Well, there are things that we can do to help our understanding.

Like, study it out in our mind or read the scriptures.

When I'm looking for answers from Heavenly Father, I make a decision about what I’m praying for, and then in my prayer, I ask, “Is that correct?”

And if it is, I'll feel that peace through the Holy Ghost. That makes sense.

Ash, I'm so proud that you're thinking of these questions even before you've been baptized. That's why you're my favorite. But don't tell anyone else. Wink. Will I still be your favorite if I grow old and have a comb-over? Yep. And my eyebrows or as long as weeds? Oh, we can always hedge-clip those. And a forest of hair grows out of my ears? No matter how scruffy you are, Heavenly Father and I will love you to the moon. Isn’t that right, Penny? Oh, where’d you go? Penny, Penny. Where are you, girl? Penny, Penny?

Oh, dear! I believe we may fed her five too many tube steaks.

I suggest we back away slowly to the dessert table.

OK. And let her digest. I’d hate to trigger an explosion

Bye Aunt Tilly, see you later! Thank you. Love you! Bye Sis! Bye bye everyone. Say goodbye, Penny. Love you. Thanks for the invite. I had a blast.

Well, after a long nap and a ton of regret,

she should be just fine, huh, Penny? Bye, Penny. See you later. Bye. Miguel, Come on.

Oh honey, what was the question you wanted to ask me about revelation? Yeah,

sorry things were so crazy.

I asked Aunt Tilly, and she said she knows she's getting the right answer from Heavenly Father when she feels peace. Hmm,

I guess I'm a lot like Tilly and find answers to prayers as peaceful feelings in my heart.

You know, Christ said, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:

not as the world giveth given to you.”

It makes me think that the more crazy life gets, the more that feeling of peace will stand out in the world.

We just have to do our part to have the Holy Spirit with us. Yep.

Yep. Oh, bug sandwich. We love you.