Alot to be Thankful For.

I didn't take the opportunity to get up and bare my testmony today and I really feel like I need to share it.

So I'd Like to bare my testimony....

I think that I tend to get caught up in life. I constantly find myself using my time to waste time until __________ happens. I have forgotten to stop and realize how great things have been for us. Dispite the crap that we have been going through lately.

I was sitting in Ward Council this morning and one of my wonderful friends was asked to share anything he thought was spiritual and we could learn from. Out of the blue. Guadian decided to share his feelings about my famliy and how blessed we've been though Mattix's accident. All this time I have been living for the day that his hands will heal and I won't have to change bandages and worrying about infection and I won't have to worry about scars or mobility. Don't get me wrong I am eternally greatful for the blessings that we have been blessed with and I see them. But I see the obvious ones. He's healing so quickly and I know it could of been so much worse. I hear little pieces of that night from the other men up at the campsite and I am amazed at the strength and protection that has been surrounding my son. I am so incredibly thankful for the power of the Priesthood. Of all the places to get hurt, a camp full of Priesthood holders. The power is real. I just wish I could stop and live in the moment and realize that things are greater.

I am not the biggest fan of being pregnant. I am a whiny,grumpy, miserable person. I have been longing for the day that this will be over. I am sick of feeling like everything hurts, my back hurts, my hips hurt my stomache feels so stretched and it's just uncomfortable. I don't think I have once stopped to enjoy being pregnant this time. I have been so frustrated with myself and pushing myself to just get to the end. I haven't stopped to thank my Heavenly Father for allowing me to experience so far a healthy pregnancy.

I really hope that I can help myself remember to "stop and smell the roses." To enjoy the moment. Be happy with what I have and to be able to witness Heavenly Father's hand in my life. And than to be able to turn around and say Thank you. I guess it's easier said than done especially when living in the moment, when it seems everything is going wrong. The furnace goes out, money is not coming in like it used to, or someone gets hurt. But being able to step back when things have calmed down and say "it could of been worse."

Heavenly Father will never give you more than you can handle an when it seems like he has. He wants us to come to him and ask for help. I learned in primary today something I knew but it never clicked. There is nothing you have ever felt or been asked to go through, that Christ has not had to go through. Knock he's waiting.

I believe with all my heart the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. I am so thankful for the plan of salvation that if I live worthy I can return to live with Heavenly Father again. I am thankful that our family is an eternal family. I know that we are lead by a Prophet of God. And we have so many prophets that have lead us in the past to look up to and learn from their example. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.