~ LIFE IS SO GOOD ~
I am SUPER stoked!! Honestly, can I just say that I feel so blessed. Okay...I feel so blessed! This past summer has been an interesting one. Full of confusion, frustration, sadness, happiness, joy and finally, at last, peace.
The past two weeks I've been studying A LOT about this:
FAITH
Faith is such a funny thing.
Not literally funny...although, I did know this girl named Faith who was quite funny,
but I digress...
Why is faith such a funny principle?
Because we say that we have it so often,
but yet I don't think we really understand what faith is.
So how can we have something that we don't understand?
At least at times, I feel that I don't truly understand what faith is...maybe it's just me?
I've been pondering a lot about this lately. I've been trying to figure out
if I truly understand the concept of faith.
On my way to discover about faith, here are three instrumental scriptures that have helped me:
"Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates
for a WISE PURPOSE in him, which purpose I know not.
But the Lord knoweth all things from the beginning; wherefore, he prepareth
a way to accomplish all his works among the children of men; for behold,
he hath all power unto the fulfilling of all his words."
~ 1 Nephi 9:5-6 ~
"But behold, all things have been done in the WISDOM of him who knoweth all things."
~ 2 Nephi 2:24 ~
"Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things,
both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all
WISDOM, and all power, both in heaven and in earth;
believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the
Lord can comprehend."
~ Mosiah 4:9 ~
All of these scriptures come The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.
What I love about these scriptures is that all of them have to do with the WISDOM
that God has and that as we put our faith (trust and confidence) in Him
things will work out. When they need to.
All of these SCRIPTURES were given by ancient prophets named:
Nephi
Lehi
King Benjamin
Haven't heard about these prophets before? They are GREAT, some of my favorites. Click the scriptures references above (scroll up just a titch...there ya go) or click on The Book of Mormon link and feel free to read more.
It will change your life.
It changed mine.
SO WHAT IS FAITH?
Here is an example:
In April 2011, I was just finishing up with classes at BYU. Trying to figure out my future and I was STRESSED. I didn't feel right about leaving Provo yet and there were
things that I needed to figure out. So I went with it. Found an AMAZING
internship at BYU Law School
and just pushed forward.
This summer, which I thought would be smooth sailing,
ended up being
ROUGH
Really rough, tiring, frustrating, humiliating and...I'll just spare the details! :)
It wasn't what I expected to happen in my life at the time
but I'm grateful for the time and that I had AMAZING people around me to help me through it!
Like THESE crazies:
My fantastic roomies (L to R): Cakes, Nae Nae & Miss Chris
(We're too LEGIT to quit)
SO...this summer has been an interesting one...but YET such a GrEaT one!!
SO MUCH FUN!!
But I was feeling overwhelmed with trying to decide what I was going to do after I officially
GRADUATED
Then one day, after months (and I mean MONTHS) of looking...I found a little gem
The Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center
had a position open for an Assistant Events Manager
I was STOKED when I saw this because I have always loved this organization
and knew of the great work that they had done for children in the community.
The Guilds' School is a non-profit organization that helps children ages birth to three
who have developmental disabilities achieve their full potential
by providing physical, occupational, speech, sensory, etc. types of therapy to help them progress in life...ANYWAY...AWESOME organization!
So I saw that ad one night and the next day I talked with my Dad
about different jobs that I was looking at and told him
how excited I was about the Guilds' School job
Then a little bit later that day my brother called me and told me that he
was colleagues with the Development Director at the school
and told him about me
My bro told me that I needed to get my resume and cover letter in THAT DAY
because it was going to close that day
So I did that
Heard back the next day and they wanted to set up an interview
Luckily (but I don't think it was luck), I was going to Spokane in the next week for a family reunion
So they let me come and interview and a couple of days later they called me
and said that they liked me and wanted to run a background and reference check
I passed...WHEW :)
Then TODAY I heard back and they offered me the JOB
Great benefits
Great organization
GREAT GREAT LIFE
SO going back to those scriptures up there (you still have time to read them ;) )
I learned this summer that even though I didn't have any clue where
my life would lead or how things, I acted and things worked out the way they were
supposed to be and WHEN they were supposed to
So what I've learned
HAVE FAITH
meaning
HAVE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
in Heavenly Father and His plan
then
GO TO WORK
and things WILL work out
I feel blessed and humbled to have this opportunity
I pray that I can help families and children understand their great worth and potential
I am SO SO SO excited to the new
Assistant Events Manager
for SUCH a great organization
LIFE IS GOOD
Not literally funny...although, I did know this girl named Faith who was quite funny,
but I digress...
Why is faith such a funny principle?
Because we say that we have it so often,
but yet I don't think we really understand what faith is.
So how can we have something that we don't understand?
At least at times, I feel that I don't truly understand what faith is...maybe it's just me?
I've been pondering a lot about this lately. I've been trying to figure out
if I truly understand the concept of faith.
On my way to discover about faith, here are three instrumental scriptures that have helped me:
"Wherefore, the Lord hath commanded me to make these plates
for a WISE PURPOSE in him, which purpose I know not.
But the Lord knoweth all things from the beginning; wherefore, he prepareth
a way to accomplish all his works among the children of men; for behold,
he hath all power unto the fulfilling of all his words."
~ 1 Nephi 9:5-6 ~
"But behold, all things have been done in the WISDOM of him who knoweth all things."
~ 2 Nephi 2:24 ~
"Believe in God; believe that he is, and that he created all things,
both in heaven and in earth; believe that he has all
WISDOM, and all power, both in heaven and in earth;
believe that man doth not comprehend all the things which the
Lord can comprehend."
~ Mosiah 4:9 ~
All of these scriptures come The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ.
What I love about these scriptures is that all of them have to do with the WISDOM
that God has and that as we put our faith (trust and confidence) in Him
things will work out. When they need to.
All of these SCRIPTURES were given by ancient prophets named:
Nephi
Lehi
King Benjamin
Haven't heard about these prophets before? They are GREAT, some of my favorites. Click the scriptures references above (scroll up just a titch...there ya go) or click on The Book of Mormon link and feel free to read more.
It will change your life.
It changed mine.
SO WHAT IS FAITH?
Here is an example:
In April 2011, I was just finishing up with classes at BYU. Trying to figure out my future and I was STRESSED. I didn't feel right about leaving Provo yet and there were
things that I needed to figure out. So I went with it. Found an AMAZING
internship at BYU Law School
and just pushed forward.
This summer, which I thought would be smooth sailing,
ended up being
ROUGH
Really rough, tiring, frustrating, humiliating and...I'll just spare the details! :)
It wasn't what I expected to happen in my life at the time
but I'm grateful for the time and that I had AMAZING people around me to help me through it!
Like THESE crazies:
My fantastic roomies (L to R): Cakes, Nae Nae & Miss Chris(We're too LEGIT to quit)
SO...this summer has been an interesting one...but YET such a GrEaT one!!
SO MUCH FUN!!
But I was feeling overwhelmed with trying to decide what I was going to do after I officially
GRADUATED
Then one day, after months (and I mean MONTHS) of looking...I found a little gem
The Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center
had a position open for an Assistant Events Manager
I was STOKED when I saw this because I have always loved this organization
and knew of the great work that they had done for children in the community.
The Guilds' School is a non-profit organization that helps children ages birth to three
who have developmental disabilities achieve their full potential
by providing physical, occupational, speech, sensory, etc. types of therapy to help them progress in life...ANYWAY...AWESOME organization!
So I saw that ad one night and the next day I talked with my Dad
about different jobs that I was looking at and told him
how excited I was about the Guilds' School job
Then a little bit later that day my brother called me and told me that he
was colleagues with the Development Director at the school
and told him about me
My bro told me that I needed to get my resume and cover letter in THAT DAY
because it was going to close that day
So I did that
Heard back the next day and they wanted to set up an interview
Luckily (but I don't think it was luck), I was going to Spokane in the next week for a family reunion
So they let me come and interview and a couple of days later they called me
and said that they liked me and wanted to run a background and reference check
I passed...WHEW :)
Then TODAY I heard back and they offered me the JOB
Great benefits
Great organization
GREAT GREAT LIFE
SO going back to those scriptures up there (you still have time to read them ;) )
I learned this summer that even though I didn't have any clue where
my life would lead or how things, I acted and things worked out the way they were
supposed to be and WHEN they were supposed to
So what I've learned
HAVE FAITH
meaning
HAVE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST
in Heavenly Father and His plan
then
GO TO WORK
and things WILL work out
I feel blessed and humbled to have this opportunity
I pray that I can help families and children understand their great worth and potential
I am SO SO SO excited to the new
Assistant Events Manager
for SUCH a great organization
LIFE IS GOOD
