Fear Not And Know that I Am God

Well it seems that 2012 is starting out with a bang for us and not to go into detail all I will write is how blessed I am in the knowledge that my Heavenly Father knows who I am.

Our trials come in all shapes and sizes. I always tell my sister how I'm flattered that the Lord thinks so highly of me when he puts a trial in my life that I feel I will never be able to overcome but somehow he believes I can. I have learned that it's during those times I am able to see the hand of the Lord in my life the most because I realize how without him I am nothing.

I love Seattle but I do miss my friends and that has been hard for me to adjust to. And when there are days that I'm freaking out I am reminded that I came here because of an answered prayer and not just by chance. This weekend has been a hard one but I have been so overwhelmed by the love of my Heavenly Father as well as my dear friends.

My friend Nathan once said " A diamond can only become a diamond until it has been put through extreme pressure to refine it." I have always remembered that and remind myself that this is our refining process. Life would be so much easier if we didn't have trials but if that was the case there would be no need for the Atonement and I don't know about you but I am nothing without the Atonement in my life.

There are many voices out in the world that tell us what we should be or how we are failing and are not enough but in that storm we can rest assured that the Master speaks to us giving us the peace we need saying "Fear Not and Know that I Am God."

I am always comforted by the beauty WA has to offer. I take the back roads to get to work which means I drive all along Lake WA and my view to work is the Olympic Mountains and on my way home if it's clear I see Mt. Rainer greeting me in all it's splendor. I'm comforted because if the Lord made something so beautiful for his children to enjoy then how can I doubt he is not mindful of me? I can't :)