So many amazing things have happened in our life this past week. It has been chaotic with the move, but each day has been filled with blessings and little miracles. I just didn't have internet hooked up until yesterday, so wasn't able to write about them.
It is so apparent that God is in our lives. That his hand guides us and that he wants to see us each succeed. Difference is, God's thoughts on success are different than most mortals. We view success as having a really good paying job, big house, fancy car...you know, the type of things that make us feel good enough about ourselves to want to go to our high school reunions. Success in God's eyes are very different from those things. His kind of success is far greater.
I am so grateful to have God in my life. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have of him and his son, Jesus Christ. I am so blessed to have been born into a Christian family so that I could grow up knowing about our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ. In my adult life things always turn out as long as I have listened to the promptings of the spirit in where I need to be and what I need to be doing. Even during the struggles, as long as I stay close to God then I am just fine.
He takes care of us. I have heard people ask why he lets bad things happen to us if he loves us so much. Why he lets us make mistakes, etc. I have come to realize, through being a parent, that you can't MAKE your kids make the right choices. All you can do is provide them with the knowledge they need in order to succeed and make the right choices. It is up to them to use that knowledge. If they are made to make the right choices then they learn nothing from it. If they make bad choices, fall at times, then they learn and grow. That is what God does for us. I am so grateful that he loves me enough to let me make my own mistakes and choices. Because I have grown so very much the past couple years due to making wrong decisions and even due to making right decisions.
I am just feeling so extremely blessed today.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Answered Prayers
We have all been praying that something would work out for us to buy a home. My husband and I both felt rather hopeless because nothing has been working out. We have been living with family for over a year and have had our things in storage for just as long. It has been discouraging, but we kept praying. Then last night something happened.
Every night my husband and I read scriptures together. Last night while reading scriptures at 1 in the morning, I reached over and touched his hand. Upon touching his hand, I immediately felt a rush of happiness go shooting up my arm, to my heart and throughout the rest of my body. Then about a minute later I had another feeling of energy rush through me from head to toe like a bolt of lighting. With this came the clear thought into my head, "You have the money to pay for a years worth of renting. Rent instead of buy." I also had the thought with it that we would have better income by then to qualify for a higher loan than we are now, which means getting a nicer house that won't have to be totally renovated.
I had it in my mind for so long that we can't afford to rent. But because of the car accident settlement, as small as our portion ended up being, we can rent a home. I was so excited and so happy. I had a difficult time going to sleep. I wanted to shout from the rooftops that God had answered my pleas! God listened and answered! What an incredible feeling that was. I went into the bathroom and cried as I thanked Heavenly Father a couple dozen times. (was too embarrassed to let my husband see so that is why I went into the bathroom lol)
Today I have felt happy and excited and grateful. Instead of waiting months and months to see if we would get the short sale house that would take a few thousand to fix up, we could be moving into a place in the next couple weeks. God is good. All the time.
Every night my husband and I read scriptures together. Last night while reading scriptures at 1 in the morning, I reached over and touched his hand. Upon touching his hand, I immediately felt a rush of happiness go shooting up my arm, to my heart and throughout the rest of my body. Then about a minute later I had another feeling of energy rush through me from head to toe like a bolt of lighting. With this came the clear thought into my head, "You have the money to pay for a years worth of renting. Rent instead of buy." I also had the thought with it that we would have better income by then to qualify for a higher loan than we are now, which means getting a nicer house that won't have to be totally renovated.
I had it in my mind for so long that we can't afford to rent. But because of the car accident settlement, as small as our portion ended up being, we can rent a home. I was so excited and so happy. I had a difficult time going to sleep. I wanted to shout from the rooftops that God had answered my pleas! God listened and answered! What an incredible feeling that was. I went into the bathroom and cried as I thanked Heavenly Father a couple dozen times. (was too embarrassed to let my husband see so that is why I went into the bathroom lol)
Today I have felt happy and excited and grateful. Instead of waiting months and months to see if we would get the short sale house that would take a few thousand to fix up, we could be moving into a place in the next couple weeks. God is good. All the time.
Friday, July 8, 2011
I Am a Child of God
Life has been real difficult lately. Trying to think of "miracles" in my daily life hasn't come easy. In fact, that is why I haven't written. I just couldn't see much good to focus on. Until today.
Today I had a strong realization of how much God loves me. That I am his daughter and he loves me. I am not perfect, I make mistakes, but he loves me anyway. This realization came when I was listening to K-Love and a song by Sidewalk Prophets came on called, "You Love Me Anyway."
"Still you call me to walk
On the edge of this world
To spread my dreams and fly
But the future’s so far
My heart is so frail
I think I’d rather stay inside
But You love me anyway
It’s like nothing in life that I’ve ever known
You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
How You love me"
I may be going through a hard time, but God is there and he loves me anyway. Just because I am going through trials does not mean he has abandoned me. He is there, I just need to let myself feel him there and not abandon him.
Today I had a strong realization of how much God loves me. That I am his daughter and he loves me. I am not perfect, I make mistakes, but he loves me anyway. This realization came when I was listening to K-Love and a song by Sidewalk Prophets came on called, "You Love Me Anyway."
"Still you call me to walk
On the edge of this world
To spread my dreams and fly
But the future’s so far
My heart is so frail
I think I’d rather stay inside
But You love me anyway
It’s like nothing in life that I’ve ever known
You love me anyway
Oh Lord, how You love me
How You love me"
I may be going through a hard time, but God is there and he loves me anyway. Just because I am going through trials does not mean he has abandoned me. He is there, I just need to let myself feel him there and not abandon him.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Open the Eyes of my Heart, Lord
Life is hard. Every day seems to bring challenges. Our economy is such that many people are struggling financially and I am one of them. So often it is easy to just look at all the negative things around us and forget to look for the blessings. So often the daily miracles go unnoticed. I think each day would be much easier to make it through if I would notice those everyday miracles and make sure to be grateful for them and thank God for those miracles and blessings.
My challenge to myself is to post a daily blog about the miracles/blessings that I have in my life. It will help me to see the positive and actively open my eyes to see the positive things each day. I know how much I love reading peoples experiences about inspirational things that have happened in their lives and hope others will feel the same about mine. I don't expect there to be big, extravagant miracles going on each day, but even the small and simple miracles are meaningful.
A song that has been one of my favorites for several years is, "Open the Eyes of my Heart, Lord." Some of the lyrics are, "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. I want to see you." If I open my eyes and see all my blessings and all the miracles in my life, then I will see (and feel) God stronger in my life. This realization is one of my blessings today.
My challenge to myself is to post a daily blog about the miracles/blessings that I have in my life. It will help me to see the positive and actively open my eyes to see the positive things each day. I know how much I love reading peoples experiences about inspirational things that have happened in their lives and hope others will feel the same about mine. I don't expect there to be big, extravagant miracles going on each day, but even the small and simple miracles are meaningful.
A song that has been one of my favorites for several years is, "Open the Eyes of my Heart, Lord." Some of the lyrics are, "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord. I want to see you." If I open my eyes and see all my blessings and all the miracles in my life, then I will see (and feel) God stronger in my life. This realization is one of my blessings today.
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