With a love that cannot end

Jarom and I spent the past weekend up in bountiful for Mother's Day.

Yesterday as we we were sitting in church, during the sacrament, 

I felt prompted to open up the hymn book to my favorite hymn.

Ironically its a sacrament hymn

Hymn #185 Reverently and Meekly Now.

I love it.

I feel a deep sense of love and peace whenever I read it.

And every time I do, something new sticks out to me.

Yesterday was no different.
The line:

 "I have loved thee as thy friend, With a love that cannot end"
Stuck out to me.

It hit me with such power.
Sometimes I get overwhelmed.
Sometimes I question my relationships.
Sometimes I struggle with my self worth.
But as I read this verse, the power of it reverberated throughout my body.
If nothing else, I have my Savior's love.
Even if nobody else in this world loved me,
It wouldn't matter because my Savior loves me.
And that should be enough.
Even today the line has played over and over in my mind.
The Lord has so much in store for me.
He has so much he wants me to become,
and he's just waiting for me to turn to him.
To ask for help,
To allow him to be my Savior.
The spirit was so strong.
My Savior loves me.

One of those days

Do you ever have those days

where you wake up, and you are just grumpy?

You're tired.

And the last thing you want to do is go to work and put on a happy face.

Today, that was my kind of day.

I was grumpy and I didn't care who knew it.

I felt catty and some other undesirable words, and all I really wanted to do was chew people out.

Super good for the soul.

I came home from work hoping that a little nap would solve my grumpiness.

I woke up with blood shot eyes, and feeling just sad and tired.

Needless to say, it didn't help.

I was able to spend some time with family and loved ones.

It eased the sad feelings a little bit.

But back in my room the grumpiness returns.

After getting into a discussion with a loved one that left me in tears,

all I could do was curl up on my bed and just be sad.

Do you ever wonder, like I do, why we have these kind of days?

Today I totally soaked it in.

It was almost like I enjoyed it.

Everything that went wrong, seemed like a big deal.

And it was one thing after another.

But it wasn't a big deal.

And the feelings I felt, weren't from the Lord.
Today this thought seems appropriate:

The Lord’s way is not hard. Life is hard, not the gospel. “There is an opposition in all things,” everywhere, for everyone. Life is hard for all of us, but life is also simple. We have only two choices.  We can either follow the Lord and be endowed with His power and have peace, light, strength, knowledge, confidence, love, and joy, or we can go some other way, any other way, whatever other way, and go it alone—without His support, without His power, without guidance, in darkness, turmoil, doubt, grief, and despair. And I ask, which way is easier?

The whole talk can be found here.
Tonight, as I open my scriptures.
As I seek inspiration from my Heavenly Father, I feel gratitude.
I feel relief and love,
and know that after my day I can find peace and understanding.
Because we have a loving Father who wants us to be happy.
And tonight I'm grateful for my Lord.

Pictures

Pictures say a thousand words.

And a couple of months ago I wasn't able to upload pictures anymore but I think I got it figured out,

so blogging world....I'm bacccccck.