“Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith. It means being 'willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father.' Ultimately, patience means being 'firm and steadfast, and immovable in keeping the commandments of the Lord' every hour of every day, even when it is hard to do so.” President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Continue in Patience, emphasis added
Thursday was one of those times that was really hard to be firm and steadfast, only because waiting for good things is just not fun sometimes.
So today I will make the situation I cannot change better through gratitude and work. That is my goal today: to lose myself in work and service and to express my gratitude for all that I have, both to God and those people around me.
I will begin by saying Thank You to Ray and Melissa, because they brought me this moment during a walk Alexa and I took recently.
Every moment I have with her is because of you, so thank you for this particular one! My heart is always full
of gratitude for you both and the decision you made nearly 2-years ago!
I am a mom because they had the love, faith, and courage to do what
they knew was right for their daughter. Words cannot express my heart...
Last night in my prayers I recommitted myself to prepare for the arrival of our next child. When I have the opportunity to be a mother of two, I want to be ready for it! If in my patience I posses my soul, I hope that all this patient preparation I am doing is refining my soul into the person the Lord needs me to become.
Sometimes there are Thursdays, days when you'd give up if you could, but you have no choice but to continue in patience. But today is Tuesday, and today I am going to do all I can to possess my soul through this time of necessary patience!
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