So two weeks ago during Sacrament, we had a member talk about the Lord's hand in his life. He talked about even the situations that he thought were not the greatest turned out to be on the correct path towards his destiny.
Because of listening to this talk, I have been thinking about the Lord's Hand in my own life. Now I have been to many Young Women's lesson,s and even taught the lesson to the girls myself, that you need to look for the things that the Lord blesses with you every day such as; how I was able to drive to work today, that John went to work today, that we had food on our table, that the weather was nice while we were out on the roads today, and our dog was happy to see us when we got home.
But I have been thinking about my past trials and blessings put in my path... not that thinking about every day blessings isn't good enough but it wasn't what I needed.
So after high school, after screwing up one college application and deciding another college wasn't for me, I went to work for a year and half. This was the first "big trial" in my life and I have now seen the Lord's Hand in it. Because of this time where I could gather funds for school, I was able to establish my work effort and receive high recommendations for other jobs as my path kept moving forward.
My two semesters at BYU-I didn't go exactly as I planned but the Lord taught me a couple of things during that very trying time. I discovered what love was. I discovered who I was. I discovered how much I love my family. I discovered that I needed more patience and understanding. I discovered that I love the Book of Mormon. There are of course other things that I learned but you will have to come back from time to time to learn those.
When I came home after my second semester, I jumped into my work and family. I loved going to my sisters' games and being so proud of them every time. I love them so much that I can't stop hugging them when I come home to visit even though Saydi absolutely hates it. I was intent on going on a mission but loving my mother so much maybe it wouldn't be such a great idea taking two children from her at the same time with little contact. Instead I decided to progress in Petco's grooming program. Once again, this was a blessing in disguise. Never would I have known that later in my life, I would get a job at a veterinary clinic and love it so much that I would decide to go back to school to become a vet tech!!
I am so glad that the Lord has placed his Hand so many times in my life in such a short period of time. And even though at the time I didn't always appreciate the trials I was put in to.
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