Obedience and Personal Revelation

At the beginning of the year I promised the Lord I would attend all my church meetings, including family home evening, institute, other activities and attending the temple regularly. That may not seem like a big deal but when I felt stressed by the amount of homework I have to do and working full time every minute becomes precious. But I knew, and felt, God would bless me for striving to do what he has asked. For a month it was not a problem. As the homework load increased it became increasingly difficult to still attend all the above mentioned activities. This week was particularly hard to attend institute. Due to other things coming up I lost a day of doing homework. So when institute came around I was sorely tempted not to attend but work on the large pile of homework I knew was before me. However, I knew that id I did not attend I would miss out on something. Or even showing up late I would miss out. So I went. And I am so grateful I did! Within the first five minutes of the lesson I gained some very specific, and much needed, personal revelation. Throughout the entire lesson I continually gained more and more inspiration. I would have missed out on that had I stayed home to do homework. I do believe though that I would have gained that revelation at some point in the future but I feel that it would not have come so clearly or powerfully then. And to top it off when I did finally make it home I was more focused on my homework and I think I did better on the assignments. I was able to get them done in a more timely manner. I was blessed for keeping my commitment. I am so grateful for the blessings of the Lord. I love revelation!