Transformed shares with you spiritual truths learned along the path to spiritual freedom. Earlynn Sheehan takes you along as she transforms her life from deeply religious to deeply spiritual. As her vision of the true nature of God transformed, she left worry, guilt, judgment, and fear behind. Transformed can help you uncover your true nature and bring your life into a state of unity, peace, abundance, prosperity, happiness, and joy. Visit Earlynn on the Web at earlynnsjustsayin.org.

Transformed

Proven Principles to Set You Free from Spiritual Worry, Guilt, and FearBy Earlynn A Sheehan

Balboa Press

Copyright © 2012 Earlynn A Sheehan
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4525-6336-7

Contents

1. TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS...................................12. BEGIN ATTRACTING YOUR DESIRES.............................133. SEVEN SECRETS TO LASTING CHANGE...........................214. TWO BOOKS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE......................295. THE GREATEST GIFT.........................................356. EDGE GOD OUT..............................................437. THE MASTER KEY............................................518. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART......................................599. YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING.....................................6910. A CRITICAL CHOICE POINT..................................7711. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO TODAY.....................8312. THE REFINER'S FIRE.......................................89

Chapter One

TWO IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

There are two important questions all must answer. Your answers silently affect the happiness, peace and wellbeing you experience every day of your life. The answers underlay the way we experience life. I believe the curriculum for life on earth is to come to an experiential knowledge of the answers. Our collective answers will determine our future existence on Mother Earth. My own answers have been very different from time to time. What are the two questions? "Who am I and what am I doing here"?

As a child, I would have said; "I'm Earlynn. Clarie is my daddy and Mommy is Erma". All I knew was; "I'm in a family with my brother and sisters. I must be here to make Mommy and Daddy happy `cuz' when they're happy, I'm happy, too". At a very young age my parents taught me I was a child of God. An understanding I hold dear to this day. I was taught to bless my food and say my bedtime prayers. Kneeling with my family in prayer was part of every major event. And we never travelled far without asking Heavenly Father to protect us in our journey. When any serious illness came to a family member or friend my family would combine fasting with prayer for God's will to be done. I was taught to love and trust Heavenly Father as He always hears and answers prayers. As a little girl I couldn't quite figure out why we ended all our prayers with a salutation to farmers ("Hay Men"). I had this mental image of two tall farmers holding pitch forks in front of a towering hay stack. I must have been seven before I realized the word was amen. Prayer has always been an important part of my life.

Dad was a highly respected leader in the Church. It was not unusual for sick friends or members in need to stop by our home asking Dad for a blessing. Many said he had the gift of healing. He had a beautiful baritone voice and his demeanor seemed to demand respect. Mom was more fun loving and playful. Both Mom and Dad set an example of service in the Church. Dad simply adored Mom and made sure us kids treated her with respect. Although Dad had a stern exterior, he was a marshmallow. And although Mom had a playful exterior, she could be tough as nails. They were a good team.

I was taught to be proud of my heritage. My great grandmother as a young Welsh convert put her possessions into a handcart and pulled it across the plains to Salt Lake City. My great grandfather, a Danish convert worked as an indentured servant to repay his uncle for his passage to the United States of America. My grandmother left Iceland at the age of three with her family leaving everything behind for their love of the Church. The ancestors on both sides of my family came to America as converts.

I began attending Church regularly when I was five. I especially loved Sunday school. I got to wear my prettiest dress. My hair was curly and my shoes were shined. It was important to show Heavenly Father and Jesus I loved them enough to look my very best at Church. I loved to sing Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam. Remember the words?

"Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam, to shine for Him each day. In every way try to please Him, at home, at school, at play. A Sunbeam! A Sunbeam! Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam. A Sunbeam! A Sunbeam! I'll be a Sunbeam for Him".

That's it! I know why I am here! I am here to be a sunbeam for Jesus. I am here to please Him.

As I grew the Church became the center of my life. My Sunday routine was Sunday school in the morning, Sacrament Meeting later in the day, and a youth meeting held mid-week. I loved going to Church. My teachers and advisors were dedicated and loving and felt like extended family. I believed I was a member of the only true Church on earth. I needed to listen to the leaders and do as they advise to ensure my place in heaven. I was comfortable and content. I learned there was a lot more to being a sunbeam for Jesus than just going to Church. Being a Sunbeam for Jesus required much more. There were lots of commandments I needed to obey.

I learned when I die, I will be judged. If I keep the commandments I will live for eternity in an elite heavenly kingdom with my family. But if I fail to keep the commandments I will be sent to a lower kingdom apart from my family. They can visit me but I will never be allowed in the elite kingdom even for a visit.

I learned our Church leaders talk with God. God's faithful always follow His leaders. Our leaders are called by God to lead the Church down a straight and narrow path. There are many things I do not understand because they are God's mysteries. When I get to heaven understanding will come but for now I should not question. Until then I must follow the leaders to gain my heavenly reward. God will never allow His Church to be lead astray. God loves everyone, but He has a special fondness for members of His Church. The only way anyone will get to the elite heavenly kingdom is through baptism into the Church. Those who die without baptism will be taught in Heaven and can be baptized posthumously in God's Temples. Then they will have the opportunity to accept or reject it. Life on Earth is very brief, but this one brief life will determine my place in heaven for eternity.

I was baptized at age nine. I remember being taught baptism washes away my sins and after receiving the Spirit of the Holy Ghost I will be able to know right from wrong. If I sin after baptism, I must repent. In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus paid for our sins on condition of repentance. After I was baptized I remember trying so hard to do everything the right way. More than anything I wanted to be an exemplary member of His Church. I wanted God and my parents to be proud of me.

Worthy Church members pay one tenth of their earnings to the Church for tithing. At age twelve I would tend children and clean house for twenty five cents an hour. The family I tended most often had seven children. As soon as I got the children to bed, the house cleaning began..... washing dishes, sweeping floors, folding clothes, dusting and vacuuming. A dollar earned for every four hours! Tithing on that dollar was ten cents. At the end of the year I had paid twelve dollars tithing. I was so proud of that! My goodness! When I think about it now, I realize the twelve dollars represented four hundred eighty hours of babysitting and cleaning. My wages totaled $120.00...... but the actual experience was priceless!

As a teenager I didn't miss Church meetings. I had 100% attendance at all my Church meetings four years in a row. There was always something fun to do: dances, camping trips, roadshows, speech contests, hay rides, plays,...