Blessings in Disguise

Why is it that every time I feel like writing a new post on my blog but right after I get on here I lose all desire to blog at all? I'm weird like that I guess, but I am not giving into my temptation this time so I will at least write SOMETHING here. So. Life has gotten much busier since I got a job. I worked a double on Sunday (16 1/2 hours!) and it wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. It went by fast because I was so busy all day. BUT you know what I found out when I got my FIRST paycheck? That I'm getting paid almost $4 more than I thought I was getting paid! Score! And to say I was thinking of quitting that job! Yeah right! I'm staying forever! At least until I graduate that is.

I keep complaining about how I don't wanna go to work and how hard it is, but I guess it's really not all that bad once I'm there. I was thinking about how I was so stressed out about not finding a job just a month ago, but see how things have worked out? How silly of me to have worried so much. Didn't I know that things would all work out? It always has, and I know it always will. I was just thinking about how I'm so grateful to have a Heavenly Father who is always watching over me and also that I'm grateful for the challenges I've had in my life that have brought me closer to Him. I have learned that challenges really are blessings in disguise if we will look at them in the right perspective. We can use our trials to draw closer to the Lord and use these experiences to develop the qualities we need in order to become like Him.

It is sad that some people think that Heavenly Father must not love them because He allows all these "bad" things happen to them, but it is precisely because He LOVES us so much that He allows us to suffer sometimes so that we may learn the things that we need to learn from those hard experiences. I know that Heavenly Father doesn't like watching us cry or hurt either, being as perfect as He is, I think that He feels so much more pain at watching His children suffer than we realize. Aren't we lucky to know we have such a Father who loves us so much? When I think about all those people out there who don't believe in God or don't know what He's like, I feel so sad for them. Thinking they only have their own power battle through life rather than being able to rely on a loving Father in Heaven and our Savior must make life SO much harder!

Anyways, life is good. I'm so grateful for my knowledge of the gospel :)