Sunday, February 1, 2009
Faith, Again....
Little did I know that when I wrote that last post, my faith would be tested again. I guess Satan really knows how to try my faith. I am a firm believer that when we vocalize our goals, Satan knows them and works twice as hard to thwart our plans. Life has been really good for Paul and me, physically, spiritually, mentally, etc. As soon as we discussed our goals last week, I felt good about them and knew that they were the goals that Heavenly Father wanted me to work on. We discussed ways to accomplish them and even felt like they might be reachable. Well, today I am doubting again and I wonder how my goals can be reached. I know that Heavenly Father can help me reach them, but I don't know how they can come to pass. I guess that's where the faith comes in. Do I have any? I hope so..............I guess we'll see.
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Our lesson in Relief Society today was about Faith, Hope and Charity. We talked about the opposite of each of these: doubt, despair and disregard. We talked about what we do when each of these things start to creep up in our lives. I just cried during the lesson because I have been so bad lately. I used to think I was ready for anything that was put in my path and lately I have realized that I am nowhere near ready for many things that come my way. It is much easier to not do anything and let the doubt, despair and disregard join our lives. It takes work to have faith, hope and charity but only through Jesus Christ can we have these things. Satan has his way of sneaking in and making us feel unworthy, unloved, and feeling like we will fail. Faith without works is dead. I think that is where I always fall short. I just don't "do" enough. Hang in there! You are an inspiration to me and my family! We love you!
We were just talking about Elder Wirthlin's talk "Come what may and love it." That is my new goal. No matter what happens, laugh and laugh some more and then maybe life won't look so overwhelming. Anything is possible with God. He will not let you fail as long as you are doing your best. Just take a piece of string and bind yourself to the prophet...that's what we learned about today. Another quote I heard today that I really liked is "your beliefs determine your actions." I know you can do it, you are amazing...remember at camp when you got the most Christlike award. It is still true today. Just keep plugging away and you will make it. We love you!minfee
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