Thoughtful Friday!!! (Sorry no flashback today.)

So over the last year and a half I have had some very very humbling experience's. I keep thinking that I can't take another thing happening and the Lord says "Oh no no your not listening and learning so well. " Sometimes I've felt like I'm at the breaking point and that these things just can't get any worse then they do. However, I've also had many moment's and experiences during this period of time when Heavenly Father has blessed me immensely. There have been a couple in the last 2 weeks that I'd like to share.

I needed money really really bad for something and was praying about how to get that money and I went to the mail box over the next two days and received random checks from our insurance company to cover the cost of the things that I needed the money for.

I had a feeling that I needed to contact a friend about a part time job and all that day I struggled to write her an e-mail and finally late in the evening I sent it. The next day she sent me an e-mail back saying I could interview with her. I was bawling while reading it. I'm so glad that I listened to the spirit. I will now be working for her part time. I'm really excited about this opportunity.

I've had a very humbling experience where I've been blessed by the generosity of other's. I will not go into detail I will just say that Thanks isn't enough and one day I hope to pay it forward in some way.

So to say in the great words of Elder Henry B. Iring: "...Pray and ponder, asking the questions; Did God send me a message that was just for me? Did I see His hand in my life or the lives of my children? As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day. As that happened, and it happened often, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done. More than gratitude began to grow in my heart. Testimony grew. I became ever more certain that our Heavenly Father hears and answer's prayers. I felt more gratitude for the softening and refining that comes because of the Atonement of the Savior Jesus Christ. And I grew more confident that the Holy Ghost can bring all things to our remembrance- even things we did not notice or pay attention to when they happened." General Conference Talk October 2007.

A few months after hearing and reading that talk I was given a journal with those part's I just mentioned in the front of it to remind me of what great blessings I have been given. So all though I may be going through turmoil and sadness I have also been blessed and had great happiness too. I have seen the Hand of the Lord in my life several times in this past year and a half and I'm really trying to recognize it more too. It's been amazing to have these blessings given to me this person who is just as ordinary and plain as the next. I've done nothing of great importance, but I feel like I've been blessed by His hand.