Well, it has been 8 months to the day since I have posted on my blog. I have been thinking lately that it is time for a post, but then I think of trying to catch up on all that has happened in the past 8 months and it overwhelms me a little bit. So, I decided to just do a quick post for now because at least I would be posting!
I want to start this post with a picture of the beautiful sunset tlast night, reflected on the east mountains as seen from my front window. Don’t we live in a beautiful world?
So on to the title of this post,which is based on a conversation I had with my niece the other day. I was telling her a story from my high school days, about a time when I really wanted something and did not get it. I was hoping to teach her that we do not always get what we want but that we can still be happy. After I told her the story I told her that, now that I am older, I can see why things had not turned out the way I had hoped and that Heavenly Father knew what was best for me at the time.
Then I told her that I think that is the same reason I am not yet married; that even though I have wanted to be married for a long time, Heavenly Father knows what is best for me in my life. So, here is the funny part… She then said, “I think I know why you are not married.” (I always love the viewpoint of a 6 year old, so I listened up.) She continued, “It is either because he is not born yet or because he is still a teenager.” Ah, that is why! No wonder! I just need to wait for him to grow up! ;)
But as we continued to talk, I realized that I really do believe the things I was trying to teach her and into my mind came a quote from Sister Holland that I love:
I want you to know that in my life when I have had disappointments and delays, I have lived to see that if I continue to knock with unshakable faith and persist in my patience--waiting upon the Lord and his calendar--I have discovered that the Lord's "no's" are merely preludes to an even greater "yes." I have learned … that the very delays and denials we worry about most, the very differences from each other that trouble our self-esteem, are the differences and delays that are the very best for our happiness and fulfillment.–Sister Pat Holland, BYU Devotional January 1989
I shared that concept with my niece and told her that I know that Heavenly Father has something better in store for me; that He knows what is best for my life. The best part of the whole conversation was when she said, “I feel right here (pointing to her chest) that what we are talking about is true.” Aren’t children the best!
Well, I’ll end with one recent picutre of me and two of my sisters at October Conference. I will try to put more in later and catch up. Life continues to be wonderful!
