Things have been very crazy lately, however amidst the whir of things I stopped this last week to ponder.
I thought about how many times in my life things are going poorly and life seems to pile all its weights on my back all at once. Those moments I feel there is so much to despair and so much to be sad about. In those moments all I can think about is the things I hate about myself, others and my life.
More than those thoughts though, were the thoughts I had recently about gratitude and all the blessings I have received recently. Jeff and I were whispering in church and he mentioned that it felt like the windows of heaven had opened wide and there was "not room enough to receive" all the blessings. We both were grateful and it felt good.
It was not really that there was nothing that went wrong during this week that Corina was getting married. In fact, there were so many things that did not go right, but we had decided not to let things get us down. We were going to trust God that things would work out and choose to be happy no matter what happened.
This attitude of gratitude and choice to be happy and see the good in each moment this last week helped us to stay positive and we had a glorious week with our family.
We also pondered on the eternities. When we met Andrue's family it felt like we had known them forever even though we only just met them. It was like a reunion of close family and dear friends. We were so grateful to have them back in our lives for we are sure that we knew them in heaven before we came here.
It is amazing to think about how this all works, that we are all a big family and the links between us are being put back together as we choose to be sealed back together through temple ordinances. I love that!!
So the last while has been good. God is good and watches out for us all the time and things really do work out, just like President Hinckley used to say:
