Today's sacrament meeting was incredible. I felt the spirit so strongly and felt that I should share what I learned with you all! One of the speakers shared his thoughts and stories relating to Elder Rasband's talk just this past General Conference titled "Standing with the leaders of the Church." He shared a quote of Rasband's that said, "Questions are an indication of a further desire to learn, to add to those truths already in place in our testimonies, and to be better prepared to “press forward with a steadfastness in Christ.” Let this quote kind of sink in as I also want to share my thoughts and impressions. I have had so much on my mind relating to this quote. So bear with me! Hopefully I'll be able to thoroughly express my thoughts how I want to :) During trials and hard circumstances, there are 2 questions that we can ask... Why has God done this TO me? or Why has God done this FOR me? The difference is our perspective. There have been many times in my own life where I could have asked the first question: Why has God done this TO me? If you know me personally or have read my post several months ago called "The family is ordained of God" you would know of my upbringing and circumstance of being raised in a single parent family. It is all I know as my dad was out of the picture soon after I was born. But it doesn't change the fact of all the trials and difficult things me and my family has had to (and still) deal with. Those 2 questions have been on my mind a lot. Should I choose to be bitter and angry at my Heavenly Father for having to live without a father figure for 16 years and counting? Or should I be grateful that I have had to live without a father figure 16 years and counting because it has made me stronger spiritually, mentally, and emotionally in many ways I could ever imagine? We have a choice. We are in charge of our attitudes. We determine what we feel and how we want to feel when we wake up. We have the agency to choose whether to be happy or to be bitter. Basically what I am trying to say is, is that we can decide how circumstances and nasty things that happen to us, can effect us. That doesn't mean that we have to be strong all of the time. Heavenly Father does not expect that of us. We all have had or will have our weak times. And that is OK! Along with this, I've been thinking about progression and perfection. It is not our mission to be perfect in this life. That is for the life after this. I struggle with this, as I'm sure we all do! Heavenly Father doesn't want us to feel this way. It is okay to fail. It is okay to fall short. You know why? Because we can always get back up. Always. Here is a quote by Elder Holland that I absolutely love, Have hope. Instead of blaming Heavenly Father, thank Him. Thank Him for standing by you and with you during your difficult times. Thank Him for allowing opposition to happen so that you are able to enjoy the good. Thank Him for those excruciating times where you came out strong in the end. Thank Him for all that He has done FOR you. Thank Him for giving "...his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) I love all of you amazing readers and I thank you for your support. Here is a link to a video called "The Refiner's fire". As I always say, If you've seen it... watch it again! The woman in the video went through many horrible and sad things. She even asked, "Why me?" But despite that, she came out strong. So, watch it!:) Happy Sunday Lovelies!! https://youtu.be/-DIIgm6xABQ
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Darrell
4/17/2016 02:23:31 pm
What a great application of the talks in Sacrament Meeting and if coarse general conference!
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Libs
4/17/2016 06:11:57 pm
Ness I love this so much!!! Love you cute girl 💛
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"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed." - James 1:5-6 Quote Of The Week:
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