I just love it when it snows. I don't know what it is that brings such a wonderful spirit when it snows, maybe it is the purity of it, everything is white and clean looking....yet it covers up the dirt. Perhaps this is what it is like with repentance, once you have repented the white covers up and disolves the dirt/sin.
An odd thing happened during the Christmas week, my atheist friend discoverd that there is a God and he has decided that he is going to start going back to Church. To me, this was the best Christmas present anyone could receive. I hope and pray that he doesn't lose his new found confirmation of the grace of God and the Love of God and the fire that has started to burn within him. Even if he does, and he falls back into his old ways, my love for him as a child of God and as a friend will never cease. After all, isn't that what the Gospel is all about. The Savior said to love one another as He has loved us, so we must move forward without question and love one another. President Kimball's favorite saying was "Do it" and there is no reason in the world why we can't just "do-it".
I had the opportunity to speak to my grandkids and daughters and son in-law on Christmas day. It was so wonderful to hear their voices. I love them so much and miss them terribly, but just ot have them in my life is a blessing that nothing can take away. It is hard being so far from them, I've missed most of their growing up years, something that I had always thought I'd be a part of in their lives. It hurts to be so far from them, yet it is to be at this time in my life. There is a reason for it, one that I don't question because of the answer to my prayers. It's not a good thing to argue with God.
My dearest friend, GG, had hip surgery on the 21st of December and was doing wonderful in her recovery, now she is in great pain again, probably from overdoing. God bless her.....she is a wonder and a delight and nothing really holds her back, but for her own good she needs to slow down a bit and let the healing be at it's own pace. I love her like a sister....she has been one of the biggest blessings in my life and I would never have ventured out in my whole life as I have done with becoming friends with her. It was so out of my nature to forge a friendship through writing a fan letter to someone. Yet when I did this, it was as if we had known each other forever. Instant friendship. There is a reason for this and in my heart it is too precious to divulge, but I know why the Lord has placed us in each other's hearts and lives. I thank Him profoundly.
I have finally decided to take the 0900 Algebra class again. I was going to try to test out of it, but have thought it through and came to the conclusion that if I did test out of it, I wouldn't know what to do in the next Math class because I don't understand it all well enough to pass the next class. What a dilema. I have to study math like there is no other subject in the world to study, even though I have three other classes that are going to be hard. Physics, 20th Century France/History, and Childhood development. Now why in the world do I need childhood development if I am a History major I don't know, but I understand it is a fun class and technically, not that hard. We shall see.
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