The Power of Prayer

Recently my testimony of prayer has grown so much! My stake at school set a goal for us to try and have morning and night prayers. Night prayers are easier than morning prayers for me. I'm not a morning person, if you know me well or have lived with me you most likely know this already. So morning prayers have always been struggle for me to accomplish. Ever since one of the goals for the stake is to say morning prayers, I wanted to try and do better at it. I can certainly testify that every morning when I say those morning prayers, even if its just when I literally roll off my bed, which is most of the time, I can feel the difference in my day. I love the opportunity that I have to talk to my Heavenly Father and that He is always there and willing to listen. I love prayer! What a wonderful gift it is!

I love life

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My Gratefuls

One thanksgiving my mom gave us a little notebook. This notebook was to be our grateful notebook. We are to write down everything that we are grateful for each day. I will admit that I could do better at writing in it each day. I try to do it whenever I think about it and when I remember. Well, I was rereading some of the things that I have written down in the last little while. On September 22 this is what I wrote that sums up my feelings. "The gospel of Jesus Christ-I continue to be amazed by the wonderful gospel. What a gift it is and has been to me. I love that I can learn and discover and even rediscover principles of the gospel. I love prayer! I love that I ahve the opportunity to talk to my Heavenly Father whenever I want. The scriptures are a great blessing to me also. There is so much I can learn and understand from the scriptures." After reading this again, it just reminded me really, how grateful I am for the gospel in my life. What I said in september goes for now and forever! I will always be grateful for Jesus Christ and the gospel.
                                                                                 

 








I found this quote in one of my classes: "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." -Albert Einstein
                    

Oppostion In All Things

Last night for my scripture study I was reading in 2 Nephi 2. I got to verse 11 where is talks about having opposition. It says that if did not have opposition we would not know holiness, misery, good or bad. It got me thinking how it would be to not have any of these things. We would not have joy, or misery. We need opposition in order for us to know and and experience pure joy. Which lead me to think of how important opposition is in our lives. I can honestly say that during times of trials or just hard times, I don't usually think, 'I am so grateful that we have oppostion in our lives right now.' I should be thinking this though. Because with these experiences comes experiences of true joy and happiness. This got me thinking about the comment that was made in Relief Society that I mentioned about asking the question, 'why me?' I will restate it; "You can't ask the question 'why me' in time of great trouble unless you ask it in times of great blessings." This is so true! It is important that we endure to the end. Go through these hard times of opposition, endure them so we can find joy and receive the greatest gift, eternal life! Just as it says in one of my favorite scriputes 2 Nephi 31: 20!

Best Sunday Ever! :)

This past Sunday was a real good one! It was testimony meeting which is always great. I was pretty proud of myself I might say because I stood up and gave my testimony for the first time here at my college ward. I was pretty dang nervous I might add. I am so glad I did it and I don't regret making that choice. A guy bore his testimony on the meaning of the sacrament which hit me pretty hard! He shared his story about the first time the sacrament became real to him. He used to always play with the sacrament cups after drinking the water instead of putting it back in the tray. One of his leaders came to him and told him that every time he puts that cup back in the tray to listen to the litle 'clink' that it resembles one drop of blood that the Savior shed for him personally. After hearing this story I will never think of the sacrament same. What an amazing way to make the sacarament be personal to you!



Relief Society was amazing also! Someone is class made this comment that I really liked and thought I would share. , 'There is never going to be nothing good in your life.' Love that! One more that I thought was worth sharing is this: **You can't ask the question 'Why me?' in times of great trouble unless you ask it in times of great blessings!!**

MY TICKET!!

I got my ticket in the mail today!!!!!

DAVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to a DAVID ARCHULETA concert in December!! The exact date is December 9! He is doing a christmas concert tour, and he added a show in Blackfoot, Idaho. Yes, I am going of course! Am I excited you bet I am!!!!! :D