Trust God.

There comes a time in our lives when we are all tested to our cores. When our beliefs and standards are questioned and pushed. When everything good in our life falls apart. These moments will tear at you and rip you into a thousand pieces. They hurt you in ways you can't understand. It's these times that shows us how strong we really are. It brings out the true human inside us. I can not stress how important it is to stand strong when these moments arise. There is a reason we have to go through these. Just keep in mind that it is just one moment. One small part in our life. These moments end. At some point the light shines through. Our trials may never make sense to us but they make sense to God and we have to trust that. We have to believe that God knows what he is doing for us and has our best interest at heart. He will never leave us to suffer alone. He will never give us a challenge that we can't handle because we are all stronger than we believe and we have God on our side. Nothing is stronger than God. Put your trust in him and everything will work out. It won't be easy but anything good never was easy. Just hold on.

Hey You

Stop being unhappy with yourself.

You are amazing.

Stop wishing you looked like someone else

or wishing people liked you as mush as they like someone else.

Stop trying to get attention from those who hurt you.

Stop hating your body,

your face,

your personality,

your quirks.

Love them.

Without those things you wouldn't be you.

And why would you want to be anyone else?

Be confident with who are.

Smile. It'll draw people in.

If people hate on you because you are happy with yourself

they are probably jealous.

So let them hate.

Don't let your happiness depend on others.

Be happy because of who you are.

Love your flaws.

Love your imperfections.

They make you, you.

And 'you' are pretty amazing.

Blessings

Have you ever taken a second and thought about how many blessing we all have? Has that second turned to minutes? Then hours? Days? Even years? It would take our entire life to really point out every blessing. To see them and truly be thankful for them. Just look around you. The things you see everyday are blessings. Where you live, your friends, the way technology has grown, a sunset, a father hugging his children. They are all good and they are all blessings. I think a lot of people get caught up with everything that is bad in the world and how unfair it is. It's true. There is a lot of bad things that have happened. Too many lives have been taken, too many kids beaten, too many wars started, too many families torn apart. And it's sad. To think that darkness like that exists. But there is just as much good. There is happy things too. Families are being made everyday, people are coming together to help others, love is growing, the world is becoming more beautiful. It's not always easy to see it. Somedays are hard others easy but when you stop and take that second to think about all the blessings God has given us it makes life more enjoyable and worth it. So here is the start of my second...

I am thankful for the Gospel. I honestly don't know where I would be without it. To have that truth and stability in my life. It's the light that has gotten me through more trials than I can count.

I'm thankful for my parents. Two people who, through example, has shown me love and kindness. Who raised me with a knowledge of Christ and a desire to serve him. They taught me respect and gratitude. I wouldn't be me without them.

I am thankful for my siblings. You know some friends have fall outs and they become strangers but not family. Not my siblings. They are always there and always will be. I can always count on them. They make me laugh and cry. Sometimes at the same time. They're amazing and I couldn't have asked for better.

I am thankful for my nieces and nephew. You don't know what love and happiness is until you hear their laughter, feel their arms around your neck or listen to them learn your name. They may be young but they teach me every time I see them. There is definitely a reason we need to be like little children.

I'm thankful for my friends. They love me no matter what and care for me in ways words can't describe. We share so many adventures and memories together. Each has influenced my life for good and helped me be a better person.

I am thankful for my home, my job, my car, hot chocolate:) I'm thankful that even though somedays are hard I still get to have days. I get to look out the window and see the sun or the moon. The beauty of the mountains and sunsets. Oh how I love sunsets. I'm so thankful for my health. That I can go out and make each day a different adventure. I know I talk about these things ALL the time but they are such a big part of my life and I'm so grateful for them that I can't not talk about them. I am eternally grateful for all of them for all my blessings.