Trials

I have felt so much love from my Father in Heaven lately. Lots of Little tender mercies. General Conference was the spiritual boost I needed to go forward for another 6 months. I also really enjoyed sitting and doing nothing besides listening to it.

I have also seen how Heavenly Father gives us trials and hard times to help us and to strengthen us.

Why is it so hard to remember His plan and that he loves us more than we can understand in hard times?

Last week friends of our had their fourth baby. He was born with Downs Syndrome. They didn't know before he was born, so they are struggling with the new turn their life has taken.

My sister is having health problems, and has been for a long time. They finally found what it is, but it still means that she will be having symptoms for a while. She is so young.

I visited with a girl around my age who was married to a man for 8 years then the morning of their anniversary he died of a heart attack at the age of 34 leaving her to care for three children.

I try not to dwell on the trials in life, but this week I heard of a lot that people were going through. But I also got to learn a little lesson in faith.

I have this fear of my children falling out the second story windows in our house. So I have been only opening the windows if I am in the room. We had this tote that was in front of our window that Parley would stand on and watch the dog and her puppies. So one day I opened it and did things in my room, we were getting ready to go somewhere. When I was walking out the front door I remembered the window, and I felt the spirit say it was okay to go and leave it open.

Parley fell asleep int he car and I brought him upstairs sleeping and laid him on our bed. When he woke up, I came upstairs and he was on our bed, and I realized the window was still opened. My heart skipped a beat and I was a little mad and thought "I thought the spirit prompted me that it was okay" I then distinctly heard "It was okay, and if it wasn't going to be okay, I would have prompted you to close the window" Wow, that was a lesson in faith and listening to and trusting in what we are prompted. I thought I knew better than the spirit..oops.

I know that our Father in Heaven knows us individually and loves us more than we can comprehend. I know I love my children more then they can comprehend. Katie always tells me " I love you more than you love me" I tell her that that isn't possible.

He loves us, I KNOW he does.