Monday, October 27, 2014

October 27th- The Miracle of My Secret Spot

October 27, 2014

Today is just another day. It's funny though, I feel different. You ever have that time when you pray and ask God for something and then He delivers in such a way that you never imagined? Well, that has been me the past week or so. Every Sunday I go into my own "secret spot" and I have what I call "sacred grove" time. It's when I take all my problems, questions, gratitude, you name it, to the Lord. It's very therapeutic for me and my relationship with my Heavenly Father. This is not like any other of my prayers. It is much more in depth and has a lot to do with contemplation and meditation.

After I started doing this, I didn't see a huge difference in my relationship with God, I just kind of felt better in a way. Well this week, I feel like I saw each and every one of my prayers answered. It was incredible when I realized it. I was walking by the temple today when I realized that all of my prayers were answered in some way or another. It made me so happy. I sat there on the temple grounds and just gave thanks for all I was given. I feel so blessed.

As I sat there and gave thanks, I realized that the temple itself is this incredible symbol for me in my life. The temple is a way for me to remember the Savior and all that He has done for me. I'm so grateful for it in my life. What a miracle!

Monday, October 20, 2014

October 20th- The Miracle of Challenges

October 20, 2014

I have had so many miracles in my life recently that have just pressed themselves into view. It would be ungrateful of me to not share them. I have been increasingly busy with homework, school, work and all the other stuff. Honestly, it has been really stressful. However it has been an answer to prayer. You see, when I am idle, I do some really silly things. I feel much more productive when I am busy. I asked my Father in Heaven to keep me busy and boy, did he deliver!

He presented me with some amazing opportunities like being on the Water Polo team, giving me more hours at work (even when I just want to sleep), making schoolwork harder, the list goes on! A tender mercy happened today though. I saw my ballet mistress in the hallway at school today and she said I could join one of her companies. I was SO excited! I know it will challenge me a lot but isn't that what life is all about? Being challenged and overcoming it?

On a side note, in my religion class we talked about the differences between men and women and how we compliment one another in our differences. Can I just say how grateful I am to be a woman? I know for a fact that gender is eternal and the different roles of men and women are vital. I am grateful for naturally being a nurturer, a creator of life and a daughter of God. What a miracle!


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