Living on a Prayer

well it has been a long time. All my friends are off on new adventures; college, foreign lands, missions, high school. The only thing is, i am still staying at home for another three months trying to do something before my mission but it turns out i have nothing to do. Well i guess i'll have to find something to do.

Something i have noticed lately is that everyone around me looks like they are going through a challenging time right now. I am not talking about starvation, or home foreclosure. But it just seems a lot of people are going through a difficult period right now. Everyone i know seems to be going through a transition period right now, including myself. You see i can deal ok with the time of something ending or something beginning. But the time that lasts in between that is what comes as most difficult. I can see that around me in the people i know and myself. Life is getting a little harder now.

A these point in life, i believe we come to see what we are. The Lord has blessed me and everyone around me so much so far! We have had incredible life's, great friendships, heart changing experiences, and so much more. My life has been on an easy track thus far. Now i am continuing on with life and things are getting a little harder. I am asking myself questions that i would thought i would never wonder about. Life is getting a little more challenging, for all.

I believe i have been blessed with this time to prove myself. The Lord has blessed me with so much, that when a time comes where things get a little more challenging, things aren't going quite as good as they were, is that a time for me to give up? NO. Times like these come in our lives to strengthen us, even though it does not feel like one is getting stronger. I heard a talk from Elder Eyring that said this "It is like building muscle strength. You must break down your muscles to build them up. You push muscles to the point of exhaustion. Then they repair themselves, and they develop greater strength. Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits." I believe that this time of transition or waiting is a time that tests us of who we are. The Lord has blessed me with a time to prove myself. To, even when things get a little harder, be steadfast and immovable.

I think that a these times the Lord is helping us more than we know. Maybe it is not in the way that I wanted or thought, but He is. I love the Lord so much! I love my friends and family so much! I am not great or wise, far from it. But i know who is, and i will follow HIM.