I just had a lot of things on my mind that I wanted to share.
Amazing things, really. My lovely young women's leader challenged us to read a
talk by Elder Holland. It's called "The Grandeur of God" (click here) Read
it. It is incredible. Honestly. It occurred to me how much I feel like my
Heavenly Father is distant in my life in comparison to my Savior, but while
reading this I realized how wrong that really is! My Heavenly Father is as much
a part of my life as my own father, and even more. He loves me like my earthly
dad, but in a PERFECT way. I can't even comprehend that
kind of love.
I
thought about when I ask my dad questions, sometimes he gives me the answer
right away, and sometimes he tells me I get to decide because he trusts my judgments
and decisions. Heavenly Father, I believe, is the same way.
So
next time you are wondering why Heavenly Father gave you the challenge he did,
or why he's not answering right away, think about him as your Father. Think
about him as a concerned friend. He loves you and me so much.
And
in the end everything will work out for the absolute best. Although through our
earthly-eyes that can be extremely difficult to understand, Trust me, I get that.
Faith
is my only
answer to that.