Tender Mercies Journal

(These girls make me so happy)

This last week I started something new.

I hope that it becomes a part of me.

I've told you that I've been going through a hard time,

so in light of that, I've been trying to figure out new ways to fortify:

My faith.

My self-esteem.

My patience.

My love for others.

Etc.

One thing someone told me to do was to keep a journal.

I decided to extend the idea to a Tender Mercies Journal.

It's only been a few days,

but I can promise you I've seen more miracles in the past few days

than I've ever noticed before.

I am so blessed.

xo

P.s. For my lovely friends who want to know more about tender mercies, read this. He puts it more eloquently than I could ever dream to do.

"All of these things shall give thee experience"

Friends,

This month has been hard.

This morning my eyes are tired from crying

my heart hurts from being broken

and I want nothing more than to fall back into bed.

But guess what?

I feel great.

Better than I've felt in a while.

I would even venture to say I feel strong.

It's been too long since I've felt that way.

Sometimes I think we forget how fragile we are.

How hard it is to "get over" things.

I don't think we love ourselves the way we should.

I know I haven't.

I'm so grateful for

My parents.

My siblings.

My friends.

My Bishop.

The gospel.

My blog world.

My dreams.

Do me a favor today. Ok? Ok. Do something just for you. Anything. Just for you.

xo

Thank You

"Gandhi was traveling on a slow-moving train in India when one of his sandals slipped off and tumbled down to the embankment. One of his followers started to jump down to retrieve it as the train lumbered along, but Gandhi restrained him. He quickly unfastened the other Sandal, tossing it beside the first so that whoever found it would have a pair. I want to learn to feel like that."- The Temple: Where Heaven Meets Earth, by Truman G. Madsen.

Thank you to everyone who took care of me yesterday! (even though I looked like one of these). Your soup and delightful homemade bread, cookies, texts, phone calls, advice, visits, and prayers were all very much needed. I cannot even begin to express how grateful I am for all of you. Having a cold has never been so fun. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

xo

P.s. Happy March!

If planted it will grow...

I came across this quote by President J. Reuben Clark in my D&C manual.

“As I think about faith, this principle of power, I am obliged to believe that it is an intelligent force. Of what kind, I do not know. But it is superior to and overrules all other forces of which we know. . . .

“[We] have had this great power given unto us, this power of faith. What are we doing about it? Can you, can we, do the mighty things that the Savior did? Yes. They have been done by the members of the Church who had the faith and the righteousness so to do. Think of what is within your power if you but live the Gospel, if you but live so that you may invoke the power which is within you.” (In Conference Report, Apr. 1960, p. 21.)