Sometimes....

I'll be honest sometimes life just stinks!
Sometimes there is not enough time in the day to get everything done.
Sometimes school is boring.
Sometimes there is an assignment that was forgotten about or a test that didn't go the greatest.
Sometimes there gets to be so many different choices, it's hard to pick just one and know if you made the right choice. 
Sometimes you feel like you are never going to be able to catch up on sleep. 
Sometimes you can't stop worrying about the future
Sometimes you may feel inadequate for the callings you receive.
Sometimes you feel like you never do enough. 
Sometimes you may doubt yourself and forget who you really are.
Sometimes the unexpected happens, getting sick, death of a loved one, or not getting into a program

BUT...

Sometimes you have to step back and look at how much you are really blessed and realize that whatever gets thrown at you is for a reason. That as you go through life Heavenly Father will never leave you a lone and never give you more then you can handle.
Sometimes you just have to have a little bit of faith. That things will work out. That maybe at this moment, things are rough but they will work out and you need to choice to be happy now. There is something in everyday to be happy about!
 Always the Lord is there to talk to, he is the one that knows every little thing we are going through, he knows that sometimes life doesn't go as we have planned but he knows how to help us through those times.
I am so grateful for the gospel. I know it was a little rant I just went on, but through my observance and with talking with other people, I know that we all have our daily trials. Often times we don't know what others are going through but as we take the time to listen we can be an answer to their prayers. Sometimes all they need is someone to talk to, someone to send them a text, someone to ask how they are doing, and even just to know someone cares. I hope I can do better at listening to the promptings I have, and acting on them with out delay.
I know that Heavenly Father know all my worries that I have. I know he wants what is best for me and answers my prayers. I know that as I am doing what is right that I can receive the personal revelation for what direction I need to take in my life. I know that we are so blessed to be able to have a Latter Day Prophet, President Monson. I am so grateful for his guidance and teachings, and for all the other members serving in the church and their wise counsel.
I am so grateful for the gospel and for conference weekend. It is always so comforting to me to hear the words I need at this time!

Blessings in Relief Society!

It's been amazing how things have worked out recently. I have been super nervous about ideas we have came up with for Relief Society and how everything will work out. But it has been amazing how they have all came together.  A couple weeks ago we decided to have a lesson on Worth and Visiting Teaching. I was really nervous on how it was going to go. In Sacrament meeting, my wonderful Visiting Teaching Coordinator did her talk on Visiting Teaching and did an amazing job. Then in Sunday School, our Sunday School President gave an amazing lesson on the Worth of Souls and living our happily ever after. It was so good! I was amazed that without even planning to coordinate, that everything went so perfectly together. After Sunday School I just wanted to get up say Amen and let everyone go home. It was an answer to my prayers that everything went well. I am so grateful for the spirit and how well things fell into place.
Another neat experience is this week we combined our lesson with the boys and had a huge temple lesson. This month, we decided to have a Temple month where a different member of our ward to go to the temple every day for the whole month of October. I explained how it would go and then passed out a calendar for people to sign up. We then had three mini lessons. The first one was on personal revelation, the second was on how going to the temple blesses others and the last was on making the temple a habit. At the beginning of the last mini lesson, the kid wrote up college and the temple on the board. He told us to shout out feelings we felt at the temple. They were words like peace, comfort, love, etc. Then he told us to shout out words about college, bored, overwhelmed, stressed were some of the words that were said. He said these are both words that should be a priority. He went on to talk about that as we attend the temple those feelings of being overwhelmed and stressed will be able to counteract with those feelings we have at the temple. I thought it was an amazing way to look at it. I was so impressed with all our speakers and the spirit they brought. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to serve right now. It has been a huge blessing and testimony builder in my life. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us and that as we listen to the spirit and act upon those promptings that things will work out. I am so grateful for the gospel and for the knowledge that I have!