The big thing going down this summer has been morning, afternoon, and evening sickness. :) I am looking forward to having another little baby in our home, but have to admit that the pregnancy hasn’t been too much fun so far. I'm feeling a little better though, and we will find out on August 25th if it is a boy or a girl. Amazing!
Our little Personal Progress leader in Young Women's challenged all of us leaders to work on getting the new Young Women's medallion. So, I am trying to get my Individual Worth ribbon earned, and the last thing I need to do is write a little bit about how some scriptures I read taught me about God’s love for me. One of the scriptures was Jeremiah 1:5 where God tells Jeremiah that before he formed him in the belly, God knew him and had given him the calling to be a prophet. One of the other scriptures that was related was Abraham 3:22-23 where Abraham sees all of us little intelligences before the world was formed. God tells him that amongst them were some of the noble and great ones, and then tells Abraham that he was chosen before he was born. Out of the scriptures I read, these two in particular touched me. There is such comfort in knowing that we are eternal beings. Even though we don’t remember, we know that God loved us and knew us. There is part of me that feels kind of anxious to remember that time. Wouldn’t that be fun to have the memories again of that sacred teaching and growing time with our Heavenly Father?
I guess that doesn’t have to feel so far away or unattainable. If we seek God out, He will teach us and help us grow in a very personal way in this life too. I would still like to work on letting God into my life in a stronger, more powerful way, but feel like the past six years have smoothed out some of my edges and helped me grow up a little bit? Losing Mom was so hard. It seems to me that going through that intensely difficult experience changed me some. I have also been so grateful for extended family and for the example of the neighbors we live around. I have wanted to be better because you/they are so good to our family.
I feel so grateful to have a testimony of the gospel. I’m grateful for good parents who taught me by example what it meant to serve in the church, to do one’s duty, and to love learning from the scriptures. I’m grateful for the hard things we dealt with growing up. Michael’s passing and being a part of Nathan’s struggle after he was hit by the car, shaped us. I remember as a 15-year-old girl thinking that I needed to do what was right and follow God’s plan because I wanted so much to see Michael and be with him again.
Anyway, there you go. Will that satisfy those of you who have been bugging me about my infrequent blog posts? :)
