So I am an avid believer that we get to choose happiness in life. We have the choice to let our surroundings bring us down or we can deal with them and still be happy. I try really hard to choose happiness. Every once in a while I get discouraged and allow myself to feel bad then I go to bed, wake up, and have the choice all over again. I was preparing for my Sunday School lesson when I ran across this quote and I really appreciated it. "However dark conditions may seem in this world today, whatever the storms we are facing personally, … joy can be ours now." The talk went on to say, "By showing our faith through tribulation, we assure them that the fury of the adversary is not fatal. Jesus prayed to His Father on our behalf: “Not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” That prayer will be answered in Heavenly Father’s time and season, according to our faith."
It's all about faith. Having greater faith has been one of my goals in the last little bit. Especially since my branch has been doing this scripture reading. It started with my wanting my miracle, and I still do, but I have such a greater love for the scriptures and the men and women in them. I don't love every chapter. We are currently at the end of Alma and that is a lot of war stuff, I'm not to interested but I do love Captain Moroni and know that I want to be more like him.
On a complete different note, I like that I get to choose my emotions and how I feel but I do not like the way other people get a choice too. I know, that is hypocritical. But, they can choose not to like you, or to hurt you, or whatever. And of course you get to choose how you respond but I want to help them make the right choice in the first place.....me. But since I don't control that I will do my best to control me.
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