Life Lessons

I'm teaching the lesson in Young Women's this Sunday. The lesson I'm teaching is "How can I find solutions to my challenges and problems?" I'm going to have the YW tell me problems and challenges that they face in their lives and we're going to write them down on the board then I'm going to have them draw pieces of paper out of a box. The box is going to be a "toolbox" and written on the slips of paper are going to be "tools" that Heavenly Father as given us to help us with our challenges and problems. Things like prayer, scriptures, attending church and the temple, etc...then we'll talk about how they can use those "tools" to help them with their problems. I can't take credit for that great idea, I have the Holy Ghost to thank for that one! Yesterday I was writing down a list of "tools" to put in the box and one I thought of was "Remembering." And I thought, remembering what? Well, remembering that the Lord is there and what He has done for his people in the past, but more importantly, remembering what He has done for ME in the past. Remembering that He loves me and that I've experienced His timing and that I know that His timing is perfect, and that He answers prayers differently than I would have Him answer them but that I wouldn't have it any other way. Except for when I forgot, lol. And most importantly, remembering that I have faced, and survived, some very hard things, and that with the Lord's help I can, and will, get through future trials, too.  It's been a tough month, seriously the ENTIRE MONTH! I thought I was doing good working on getting my muscles better but I have been experiencing some serious pain this month and now where I thought I knew what my game plan was, I'm now having to figure it all out again, and I'm at a loss. So frustrating. Add on to that some insecurities that I've been struggling with and we've been having a great month. My "tools" have been getting some good use lately. Sometimes you just have to set aside everything else and pull out your faith tool! And hang on with all you've got! Because sometimes holding on to your Anchor, to Christ, is the only thing that is going to get you through. I am grateful for Him. And I'm grateful that I'm giving this lesson this week so that I can give myself a little perspective and remember, and hold on, and count my blessings, for they are many. My window of heaven is more than overflowing and I just need to REMEMBER that! Now hopefully the Young Women will learn something that they can put in their "toolbox" to help them through the hard trials that they will face in the future.