I am good! I am blessed! And I am strong!

The temple is a place I love. I love to go there. I love the spirit that is felt. I love my few minutes of absolute relief that I feel when I am there. No matter how down I may be at the time I fell great comfort in the temple.
I was able to go to the temple last night with my mom and two other sisters from the Jackson Ward. Two ladies from my branch were also there. I love it. Yesterday was an insane busy day for me, I had so much to do at work. Then to drive to Memphis I was feeling a bit overwhelmed. I knew I was going to be tired by the time I got home to Jackson, it was 11pm (I know that is not too late but still) and also knew that I had to do my scripture reading for the day for my STOMP challenge. When I got home I pulled out my Book of Mormon and my reading list to see what I was suppose to read for the day only to see that I was a day ahead! How did this happen, I have no idea, I've felt behind since we started. I was grateful for this so I only read one chapter. That 15 minutes is a lot easier when you are tired compared to the hour or more it has been taking me. I'm trying hard to let the scriptures speak to me.
I have no reason in my life to feel so down and since I know that is Satan I want to only feel good. So I am going to feel good. I know before I said that I didn't know if I could keep faking it but guess what, I can and will. Because faking it is better than giving into the negative. Because I know a few things about myself that others don't realize! I am a daughter of a loving Heavenly Father. I do deserve all that has been promised to the faithful saints. And I can endure to the end. My favorite scripture is Mosiah 2:41 and it says, " And moreover, I would desire that ye should consider on the blessed and happy state of those that keep the commandments of God. For behold, they are blessed in all things, both temporal and spiritual; and if they hold out faithful to the end they are received into heaven, that thereby they may dwell with God in a state of never-ending happiness. O remember, remember that these things are true; for the Lord God hath spoken it".
I can do that. I can hold out faithful to the end regardless of what life throws at me. And another scripture I just discovered this week, 2 Nephi 9:18 "But, behold, the righteous, the saints of the Holy One of Israel, they who have believed in the Holy One of Israel, they who have endured the crosses of the world, and despised the shame of it, they shall inherit the kingdom of God, which was prepared for them from the foundation of the world, and their joy shall be full forever."
I love this, those who have endured the crosses of the world. I need to be better at enduring my own personal "crosses". I also need to remember that I can turn to the Lord and he will help me through it all.
Mortality is a period of testing, a time to prove ourselves worthy to return to the presence of our Heavenly Father. In order to be tested, we must sometimes face challenges and difficulties. At times there appears to be no light at the tunnel’s end—no dawn to break the night’s darkness. We feel surrounded by the pain of broken hearts, the disappointment of shattered dreams, and the despair of vanished hopes. We join in uttering the biblical plea “Is there no balm in Gilead?” We are inclined to view our own personal misfortunes through the distorted prism of pessimism. We feel abandoned, heartbroken, alone. If you find yourself in such a situation, I plead with you to turn to our Heavenly Father in faith. He will lift you and guide you. He will not always take your afflictions from you, but He will comfort and lead you with love through whatever storm you face.- President Monson
I'm good! I am happy! I am blessed! And I am Strong!
The temple is a place of comfort and love. I am so thankful that I live close enough to go and partake of this. And I know if keep living worthy of these covenants that have been made I will be blessed.