The other day, I was saying my morning prayers and I decided to say I was grateful for everything I didn't really like in my life. I am grateful for bad days. I am grateful for sticky floors. I am grateful for toys all over the floor. I am grateful for when my kids scream.… Continue reading Gratitude for the things you don’t like
Category: inspiration
Seeking help
Often I have pleaded for help from God, but I have often been too proud, too ashamed of my struggles, to reach out to help for others. The other day, I was dealing with a difficulty in my own life and I wanted better solutions. Though I had prayed, fasted, and talked with my husband,… Continue reading Seeking help
One-liners to think about
Children are not problems to solve, but people with problems. Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content (Phillipians 4:11). You can live with your emotions no matter how intense; what you can't do is live without them. When you want to… Continue reading One-liners to think about
Levels of conversion: scripture study and going in the right direction
A seven-year-old girl is beginning to read scriptures for the first time. She believes they are true. She knows some stories and she doesn't understand all the words, but she keeps trying. A man has read the scriptures before, but struggles to do it on a daily basis. He believes they are true and is… Continue reading Levels of conversion: scripture study and going in the right direction
recognizing the blessings in the fabric of your life
My post yesterday was about not achieving your dreams and how that's okay. But I think we need to realize sometimes how privileged we are to even to be able to dream and set the goals we have in the first place. There are so many people who are merely focused on survival. We often… Continue reading recognizing the blessings in the fabric of your life
Experience is worth more than accomplishment
Every day, week, month, and year, I have constantly made lists of things I wanted to accomplish. But today I wondered if my focus has been in the wrong place. Today, my kids wanted to get sledding on mostly melted snow. It wasn't on my to-do list, but it sure was fun. The snow was… Continue reading Experience is worth more than accomplishment
Change is the only constant
So I have been doing some reflection. I can become quite a miserable person. I always want something more out of life. And while sometimes that seems like a rather ungrateful thing, I just get bored easily. I can't do the same thing over and over again. I have tried to find the perfect routine,… Continue reading Change is the only constant
Fear not
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. (Isaiah 41:10) The scripture mostly speaks for itself. I have been afraid, but then with the Lord's help, I've… Continue reading Fear not
Problems
I'm lighter when I'm lower, I'm higher when I'm heavy. ("Nico and the Niners," Twenty One Pilots) So there was a diagram in a book I just read (Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life) about how we respond to problems. We all have problems. But there were two ways to respond to… Continue reading Problems
humility
Humility is not about thinking less of yourself, but thinking more about everything else. It doesn't require putting yourself down, but lifting others up. Humility means that you have confidence, but you are honest about what you can and can't do, and you see how others can help you. Humility is realizing your place in… Continue reading humility