It's beautiful to see Heavenly Father's hand in my life. He blesses me when I need it most and it humbles me to know He cares enough about me to help me with my petty little life when there are so many other important things He could be doing.
Case and point:
I've been having a rough day today. Found out some bad news today--nothing too serious, but enough to ruin my day and make me worry a little bit about the certainty of the future. Just when I was wallowing in my despair and worrying, He sent me a couple little blessings that made today brighter and helped me see the future can be good regardless of the bad things that might come up in life here and there. I think He's trying to show me the Eternal Perspective.
I have been really worried lately with concerns about what I should do in certain areas in my life and when I took my concerns to God in prayer I got the distinct feeling that everything will be okay if we just pay our tithing and choose the right. It was easy that day to smile and say "Oh, everything will be fine," but now that I'm in the thick of it, it's a little harder to be as upbeat.
I just have to remember that faith precedes the miracle and know that if Heavenly Father said we'd be fine, then we will be fine. Even if we have to eat beans and rice for a couple months then we will be fine. We are doing what He told us to do and we're following the prophet and keeping the commandments. So even though I can't see it now, in a year or ten years or twenty years I know I will look back on this blip on the radar and smile about how worried I was before everything worked out.
In fact, when I look back five years I remember how worried I was then that things wouldn't work out, and even though it was hard, they worked out. I just have to remember that when the anxiety comes and the money dries up. ;) I know a lot of people have been through this, and I've seen a lot of my friends stay strong through similar trials and that gives me strength and hope too. I know we'll be fine. Better than fine, we're going to be great. It may be a hard ride but we'll get there.
Case and point:
I've been having a rough day today. Found out some bad news today--nothing too serious, but enough to ruin my day and make me worry a little bit about the certainty of the future. Just when I was wallowing in my despair and worrying, He sent me a couple little blessings that made today brighter and helped me see the future can be good regardless of the bad things that might come up in life here and there. I think He's trying to show me the Eternal Perspective.
I have been really worried lately with concerns about what I should do in certain areas in my life and when I took my concerns to God in prayer I got the distinct feeling that everything will be okay if we just pay our tithing and choose the right. It was easy that day to smile and say "Oh, everything will be fine," but now that I'm in the thick of it, it's a little harder to be as upbeat.
I just have to remember that faith precedes the miracle and know that if Heavenly Father said we'd be fine, then we will be fine. Even if we have to eat beans and rice for a couple months then we will be fine. We are doing what He told us to do and we're following the prophet and keeping the commandments. So even though I can't see it now, in a year or ten years or twenty years I know I will look back on this blip on the radar and smile about how worried I was before everything worked out.
In fact, when I look back five years I remember how worried I was then that things wouldn't work out, and even though it was hard, they worked out. I just have to remember that when the anxiety comes and the money dries up. ;) I know a lot of people have been through this, and I've seen a lot of my friends stay strong through similar trials and that gives me strength and hope too. I know we'll be fine. Better than fine, we're going to be great. It may be a hard ride but we'll get there.
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