Do you ever think its a little ridiculous that when good times come we get the most tense. Almost
as if we have been burnt so many times before that when we arent getting burnt we are almost paranoid
that someone is waiting around the corner with a hot poker and is waiting to give us a little jab. I say
relax. When good times come soak it in. Let the warm waters of providence wash over you like the water
of a shower. Drink it in. Enjoy! You dont know, nor can anyone say how long it will last. It may be a brief respite from your daily grind. And maybe youve really hit your stride, and maybe its all blue skies and sunshine.
The point is its a gift from God. Dont turn it into something else.
Id like to reference the Savior and The Book of Mormon. Here is a principle that all of us can learn from.
In 3 Nephi 14 it reads:
9 Or what man is there of you, who, if his son ask bread, will give him a stone?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
God is our father and he gives gifts. They are called tender mercies. My life is riddled with them. And I testify that I know yours is also. But see... Sometimes God gives us a fish, but perhaps we dont like the kind of fish or we dont want fish we want chicken. It doesnt change that we were given a gift. We were and Heavenly Father knows full well what we need. And when we do this it is as if the fish is turned into a serpent or the bread a stone. This mindset will hollow out our desire to love. We lose our spirit of gratitude and life seems to dim into tones of dismal gray.
My advice is similar to Elder Jeffrey R. Holland. "Love your life poor as it is."
Enjoy the simple moments. Take time to breath, their is lots of air to go around no need to
save it for everyone else.
I'm hearing you about the tense during good times thing. I feel like my life is so blessed right now and frankly, it scares me. My thinking is, "something bad has to happen! This can't last forever." Which is probably true, but I should really not worry about it. I should just "drink it in" as you said. I know Heavenly Father had blessed myself and Jordan and we thank Him daily.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder! :)
Yeah I know what you mean... I always worry about the bad times coming and how sideways they can put me... but you know the Lord has a plan and its gonna happen in our life. Our choice is to decide if its gonna be a blessing or not. I have decided to do my best to see the blessings in my life even if it seems like there arent any.
ReplyDeleteI know that any day i could lose all I have and I just hope that as long as the Lord stands by me through it that I will stand by the Lord.