Monday, March 12, 2012
Trials
This last week I flew home for a week and it brought back a ton of memories. I remember what really matters most in life, the simple things. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed being home so much or laughed so hard in a long time. It got me thinking about when I was young and I can't remember how many times I would tell my mom that I couldn't wait to grow up and how her response would never fail to be, "Enjoy being young sweetie". Life never seemed hard rather easy and fun, and how excited I was to grow up and be an adult.
How native I was to want nothing more than to grow up, thinking life was so easy and magical. Mom was right, being young was so much better. Ha. Life is no longer simple. I have had my fair shares of trails and honestly I think that is why my mom continued to warn me to enjoy being young. As a child we rarely have anything to fear or worry about but as we grow up there is always something; failing a test, a death, a broken heart, experiencing a form of abuse, or being rejected. Life isn't just going to throw one thing at you and call it good but rather hundreds of times or maybe over and over again. And every time we don't have to ever face it alone but rather kneel down and pray to our Heavenly Father who will always be there beside us.
I have been faced with many trials in my life and I'm grateful for everyone. Trails makes us who we are, they shape us into the people we are today. So why do we all wish they would never exist? Is it the short amount of pain we suffer in that instant? Or is it the stupid mistake we wish we could take back? Whatever it may be we them. We need them to learn. We need them correct. We need them to help shape us.But more importantly,we grow closer to our Father in heaven!Without them were boring. No stories tell. No memories to look back on. No growth to see how far we have come.
You have to keep going to Him. Over and over again to your kneels asking for strength & courage to pick up the pieces. It felt as if angels were carrying me through those dark moments. I would find myself on my kneels quite often asking for strength to get me through the day with no bitterness in my heart. Every day I felt Heavenly Father's divine love and peace for me that I never before experienced in my life. Friends and family would comment and tell me how amazed they were on how I have been handling it all so well and how I have such a great outlook on it, but it's because I turned to God so quickly each time a hard moment hit me, and I was given a sustaining power, a power and strength that I surely could not have assembled up on my own. It was Him who got me through. I realized that life is hard, but turning to Heavenly Father is easy.
I am a true believer of trails and am blessed to know that Heavenly Father has that much confidence that I will make it through such a tremendous hardship that He knows I'm strong enough.
As I close that chapter in my life I take what I learned and what I now know about myself and open a new one. It won't always be easy and there will be times that I will fall but as I struggle I grow closer to my Father in Heaven. Never let a trail defeat you. Look as it as an opportunity for growth, within yourself and your relationship with Heavenly Father.
I truly want to say THANK YOU! For all of my family and friends who have been there for me through it all and those who are still there helping me when the day gets tough. I love you all and can't express how blessed I am to have you all in my life!
So take it from me,I truly have been through it all, but my Heavenly Father has been there with me from the start and I have clung to Him.
How native I was to want nothing more than to grow up, thinking life was so easy and magical. Mom was right, being young was so much better. Ha. Life is no longer simple. I have had my fair shares of trails and honestly I think that is why my mom continued to warn me to enjoy being young. As a child we rarely have anything to fear or worry about but as we grow up there is always something; failing a test, a death, a broken heart, experiencing a form of abuse, or being rejected. Life isn't just going to throw one thing at you and call it good but rather hundreds of times or maybe over and over again. And every time we don't have to ever face it alone but rather kneel down and pray to our Heavenly Father who will always be there beside us.
You have to keep going to Him. Over and over again to your kneels asking for strength & courage to pick up the pieces. It felt as if angels were carrying me through those dark moments. I would find myself on my kneels quite often asking for strength to get me through the day with no bitterness in my heart. Every day I felt Heavenly Father's divine love and peace for me that I never before experienced in my life. Friends and family would comment and tell me how amazed they were on how I have been handling it all so well and how I have such a great outlook on it, but it's because I turned to God so quickly each time a hard moment hit me, and I was given a sustaining power, a power and strength that I surely could not have assembled up on my own. It was Him who got me through. I realized that life is hard, but turning to Heavenly Father is easy.
As I close that chapter in my life I take what I learned and what I now know about myself and open a new one. It won't always be easy and there will be times that I will fall but as I struggle I grow closer to my Father in Heaven. Never let a trail defeat you. Look as it as an opportunity for growth, within yourself and your relationship with Heavenly Father.
I truly want to say THANK YOU! For all of my family and friends who have been there for me through it all and those who are still there helping me when the day gets tough. I love you all and can't express how blessed I am to have you all in my life!
So take it from me,I truly have been through it all, but my Heavenly Father has been there with me from the start and I have clung to Him.
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