I started reading past entries in my journal this evening. . . I never do that. But I found something that helped remind me that someone really is in charge:
January 5, 2013
"You know? Sometimes life is overwhelming and a bit disheartening. You think things will work out one way and they don't. But then Heavenly Father sends angels your way and things start to work better than before. It is very rarely a smooth road, this life, but the rocks can be gems when you stop and look back."
I never thought that one of the angels Heavenly Father would send my way would be my past self. I think this is why having a testimony written down is important. We are human we all have times of strength and times of weakness. When we remember those times of strength, we are able to overcome in those times of weakness.
Things don't always work out the way we plan--thank goodness!-- If they did, we wouldn't be as happy as we could be. Heavenly Father truly is there and He truly wants to make us happy. It isn't easy. But I truly believe, with all my heart, that "thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment" (D&C 121:7). I truly believe that my Heavenly Father has the power to take all the pain, sorrow, and anguish of every single person in the world away from us. He has the power to make our lives easy. But He doesn't because He loves us and He wants to give us the opportunity to become like Him.
I also believe that we never have to go through anything--anything-- in this life alone. Christ truly has been where you are--exactly where you are--before. He has perfect empathy. He has perfect love. When we turn to the Lord and to the service of others, we can find happiness in the midst of affliction. We can have faith that there is a light leading us along in the tunnel as well as a light at the end. All these things will be for our good. I know this with all my heart. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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