Married and typing and loving it

Jan 16, 2006 15:04

It really amazes me sometimes the direction my life takes when I put it in the hands of the Lord and trust less in my own wisdom than His.

Here I am in the most unlikely place in the country, but happy even all this way from home. I have a wonderful husband who loves me and cares for me and makes me laugh several times a day. I have a roof over my head with enough nick-nacks to feel sufficiently at home. I have a congregation to worship with on Sundays and a temple nearby to attend with my eternal love, Bill, and we can go as often as we desire. I have an occupation I am capable of fulfilling with relative ease and enough work to help my husband support our small, two-person family. I have an extended family who loves me and even an in-law family who cares what happens to me, too.

Bill and I are blessed above millions in this world. For not only do we have the knowledge of the true gospel of Jesus Christ, the fullness of which has only recently been made available to the children of men, but we have each other and two hearts full of righteous desire and pure, unadulterated love for each other and our fellow men. My heart is so full of gratitude today.

We don't have everything when it comes to materials that have lately been deemed "necessities" but we have sufficient for our needs. And in other departments, such as spiritual and mental and emotional and physical, we have more than enough for our needs.

I also know that as we continue sacrificing our time and means to the Lord's church, we will continue to be blessed, so I'm very optimistic for the future. It only gets better from here. Even the challenges of balancing books and getting education and procuring better employment are small when viewed with an eternal perspective.

To be honest, I have nagging thoughts about things I could have that would make my bliss even greater, like being out West someplace, in a house instead of an apartment, close to my family for a change... but I know these aren't needs. They're just fervent desires. And desires sometimes change, or even sometimes they are fulfilled. For now I just keep reminding myself to be patient and at peace.

I need to pray more and study scripture a LOT more! That's my focus this week.
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