Faith

I found these two quotes on someone's blog that I do not know, but I think they help put life back into perspective.

"Patient endurance permits us to cling to our faith in the Lord and in His timing when we are being tossed about by the surf of circumstance. Even when a seeming undertow grasps us, somehow in the tumbling we are being carried forward, though battered and bruised." - Neal A. Maxwell

There are so many things that happen in life that we don't expect and aren't things that we choose or that we wanted and in the moment we tend to ask ourselves "why me" and/or "why now?"as well as countless other questions.

I consider myself and my family to be very blessed. There have been times in my life where I have been frustrated and thought the questions of why me, why now.

A little over two years ago I started to get really sick. I remember going to the emergency room and thinking 'What know, why me?' I received a blessing that told me that I would be just fine and would get past this, but it would take time. Time it has taken, but for the last three months I have been just fine.

Over the last 2 years I have learned to instead of think why me and why now, to try to think why not me and why not now. The trials that we are given in this life are for our benefit, to test us in all ways possible and necessary that we need to be tested to become more like Christ and grow closer to our Heavenly Father. Although life right now is nothing like I would have planned and there are things with my circumstances that I am not content with, I am thankful that the Lord blesses me, carries me, trusts me, guides me, and strengthens me each day.

"If it were all easy then it wouldn't be a trial of faith. If everything always went as planned then there wouldn't be room for any miracles."

This was something that the author of the blog wrote as she was going through a rough time. I believe it.

I am so thankful to my Heavenly father for being mindful of me and my family and allowing us and me to be a witness to His miracles. There are so many miracles that I have seen in my life that I could go on and on about them, but I know that none of them would have been possible or have come to pass without faith through the hard times. With prayer, fasting, faith, and hope I do believe that anything within the Lord's will is possible.

One of the most recent miracles I have been blessed with seeing is that of my little nephew Kyle. I have still yet to meet him and I can't wait to have to opportunity to hold him in my arms, tell him I love him, sing to him, and give him a kiss. Before he was born, his parents were told that there was no possible way for him to be born on this earth. Medically it was impossible. Well through much faith, prayer, fasting, and hope he was born 4 months ago and is still going strong. Although he has had some challenges and continues to have some, I know without a doubt that he will overcome them all. He keeps amazing his Doctors and his parents everyday with all of the battles he keeps winning. They love having him home and his sisters can't get enough of him.

I know that although there are times where the things around us don't seem to make sense, they happen for a reason and are for our good if we can reach out and hold to our ever loving Savior, Jesus Christ who is reaching out to us, instead of being angry with the world and asking why me, why now.