Finding Peace...

It has been too long since I have posted last!! And holy cow so much has happened. But I am as happy with my life as ever! :)

I've been thinking about something lately and decided that I completely believe it is true. That God is always concerned with us and will always be there for us, we just have to put effort in and have faith in him. These two quotes I saw recently made me start thinking about this. Hard times and difficulties are part of life. They are always there, and there is nothing we can do about that. But I believe the key to living a happy life is when those hard times come how we react. Do we get angry with God and ask why he would let that happen to us? Or do we find comfort in God, knowing that he is always there to show his love to us? I know that my faith in the gospel has let me live such a happy life, because I know when I am having difficulties, I can find peace through my faith. Lately I have grown a huge testimony that prayer brings so much peace and comfort. There have been quite a few times in the last few months that I have been completely overwhelmed with things and have felt so down and had times when the tears wouldn't stop flowing. But each time that happened I knelt down and prayed to my Heavenly Father, and immediately I felt peace. Like it says in Isiah 41:10 " 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I amthy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness." I know that we have to go through trials in life, there's no way around that and God lets us go through those trials because they will help us grow and become better people. But he is always there for us when we need comfort. So if there is ever a time when you need help, and you think you can't handle what you are going through, remember there is someone always there for you.

Its the start of a new year, and as always people are setting goals, resolving to change something about themselves for the better this year. And everyone keeps saying how very few people actually follow through or are successful with their New Years resolutions. I don't like that people are dwelling on that. I say that if there is something you want to change about your self then do it. And really try to do it, cause who's to say you can't be one of those people who is actually successful with their goals. This quote to the right makes a very good point. If you want to change something about yourself then do it. You can always change yourself if your not happy with how your life is going. Don't ever forget that. This year is going to bring a lot of changes in my life. Graduation, Ashton coming home, College and living on my own, and many other things. And I couldn't be more excited.