Day #19: A mindful Father...

You know those beautiful moments of clarity when you cannot deny that someone is listening to the pleading of your heart? When you just know that Heavenly Father was letting you experience physical and/or emotional discomfort so that you would turn to Him for help and guidance, and then when you do and decide to be patient, He let's you know that He IS there and He IS listening and He DOES care?

The last 24 hours have pretty much been a testimony of that to me.

I had been having a hard time recently and I'd been praying for help. For love and happiness and patience.

Then yesterday, after a really great day of classes, I got to talk to a girl from class.
Then my friend Nathan and his friend Nathan called Nate.
Then Trevor on the way to take his physical science test.

I also listened to a Jeffrey R. Holland talk.

It was raining and there was a beautiful double rainbow and the beauty of God's creations.

I didn't pop my tires on something I ran over.

I found what I needed and made it on time to and had a successful FHE and figured out what I need to do to get organized.

I didn't hit a car.

I got to play in shaving creme and have fun with my roommates and talk to my mom.

I got to volunteer at an elementary school and once again remember how much I love what I'm going into.

Devotional was about being happy and was absolutely amazing and exactly what I needed to hear.

The mountains looked beautiful and the weather felt so perfect and made me so happy.

I got to see Skyler and eat peanut butter crackers with BYU chocolate milk.

I got to study and get things done before class and then saw my old roommate Kristen.

I actually have friends in class.

A random girl in the testing center bathroom told me that she loved my shirt and talked to me for a little bit.

I got a 100 on the multiple choice section of my Physical Science test.



My life is so good. SO good. I honestly could not ask for more.  I am so thankful that my Father in Heaven has seen fit to bless me so abundantly.  It is so crucial to remember in those moments when things aren't panning out as perfectly as we want them or comparatively to someone else's life... well maybe it just isn't our season.
Or maybe it was just their season to be blessed.
As the Lord so wisely counseled Martin Harris to not covet his neighbor's life, we should not be ungrateful for what we have and wish we were in someone else's shoes.  There is a reason that the Lord has us where we are and you never know what is actually happening in those other people's lives.

Be grateful. Remember to thank the Lord for what you have.
He has given us all.  There is not a breath we breathe that He did not provide us with.
Serve Him and serve others and look for His hand in your life.

Therein lies true joy.
The joy of remembering that we have a mindful Father.