Listen Learn Love Serve

In this heartfelt episode, I share a deeply personal story about a moment of uncertainty, transition, and divine direction. On a quiet morning—the first day of school with no children left to send off—I found myself feeling lost, unsure of which path to take in a new season of life.

As I knelt in prayer, seeking guidance, four simple but powerful words came to my heart: Listen. Learn. Love. Serve. What began as a personal revelation quickly became a roadmap—not just for me, but for my husband as well—as we stepped into a new calling together. These inspired words brought peace, purpose, and a beautiful rhythm to our service.

This episode is a reminder that God does speak to us, often in small, simple phrases that guide us toward meaningful action. When we choose to listen with love, we begin to see others as He sees them—and we become better instruments in His hands.

Quote shared in this episode:
“Listening with love is one of the greatest gifts we can offer, and we may be able to help carry or lift the heavy clouds that suffocate our loved ones and friends.”
—Sister Reyna I. Aburto, Through Cloud and Sunshine: Lord, Abide With Me (Oct 2019)

Journal prompts to reflect on:

• Who does the Lord need me to serve today?
• Who can I listen to and better understand?
• If I have the Savior’s love in my heart, who can I share His love with?

As you listen and reflect, may you feel more connected to your divine purpose and the people around you.

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Transcript

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Welcome back to the Shine On Podcast Season Two. Today, I want to share a personal story that I've had where I felt a direct message from my Heavenly Father of what inspired action steps I should take. This was a few years ago. It was actually the first day of school, but this year was different. I did not have any children going to school. All my children were graduated, and I had entered a new season of my life. I had anticipated it for a long time. But here it was, this very day, and I felt uncomfortable. I felt lost. I didn't know what the next direction of my life should go. There had been big changes in my husband's work, and I felt like I was at the bottom of a ladder, so many ladders to choose from, and I didn't know which one I was going to climb. And that morning I was on my knees, pouring my heart out to my Heavenly Father, letting Him know where I was and my heart felt very heavy. I just said, what do I need to know? What do you want me to know today? And I, I just felt empty. I didn't know what direction to take or what to do. And as I sat there, these four beautiful words came to my mind. So simple. It said, listen, learn, love, and serve. I got up and I got my journal out and I wrote those things down. I was like, listen, learn, love, serve. It was as if the light had gone on for me and I was excited. I didn't know what it meant, really. I felt like it was a place to start. I thought, okay, well, I'll just start here in my home. I start with my husband, my kids, my family, like listen to them. Just spend the whole day listening. What do you hear? Listen to. Inspiring messages, listen to the prophet, listen to the words of God from the scriptures, like what could I listen to? And I just got very curious. Later that day, my husband informed me that we had been called in to meet with a stake president. This was not the stake president of our stake. It was another stake. And we thought that was a little strange. My husband had said there were changes at work and so he felt very overwhelmed. You kind of know that when you're called in to meet with the state president, something big is about to happen. So he felt a little insecure and uncomfortable. And he's like, the answer is no, whatever this is, the answer is no. I just smiled and I said, I know you feel that way right now, but we don't even know what this may mean. So let's just go and let's just listen. So we went and my husband was called to be a counselor in a Bishopric of a single adult ward. Immediately my husband said, yes. I looked at him and I said, are you sure? A few hours ago, you were a definite no, but he just felt the spirit and his heart was so willing. And my answer was yes. And we embarked on a new adventure. As we were driving home, we were talking in the car, and the heaviness came over him again. He said, I don't know if I can do this. And then four beautiful words came to my mind. I said, I don't think we need to do this alone. But maybe we could start with listening, learning, loving, and serving. He just felt relief. He's like, Oh, I can do that. I can listen. I can learn what I need to learn. I can love and as we love them, we will know how to serve them. It just felt like a beautiful flow of inspired action and that is what we did as we served in that single adult ward. It became just very natural and. It was such a blessing to us and we felt, like we could serve the Lord and be his instrument and do what he wanted us to do. I want to share a quote from Sister Reyna Aburto from October, 2019. This is her talk called Through Cloud and Sunshine, Lord Abide With Me. She says, Let us follow the Savior's path and increase our compassion, diminish our tendency to judge, and stop being the inspectors of the spirituality of others. Listening with love is one of the greatest gifts we can offer, and we may be able to help carry or lift the heavy clouds that suffocate our loved ones and friends so that through our love, they can once again, fill the Holy Ghost and proceed the light that emanates from Jesus Christ. I just want to leave this podcast with that challenge to serve those around us by listening, by learning who they are, understanding them and loving them. And as we do those things, we will know how we can better serve them. I like to leave my podcast with some prompt questions to journal. The prompt questions today go like this. Who does the Lord need me to serve today? Who can I listen to and better understand? If I have the Savior's love in my heart, who can I share His love with? As you add more light into your life and align your actions with His will, you will become His greatest servant and you will radiate His light into the lives of others. I hope that your day is filled with happiness and that you may share the light of Christ within you.