Choices

With every day brings new challenges, new blessings, and new experiences. With everything new that comes our way also comes a new choice. A choice of reaction. We may not be able to choose or control those things placed upon us, but, we can choose to rise to the occasion or sink and fall but regaurdless it is ultimately our choice. I've learned the hard way that life is not easy but if it was we would never learn. Right now I am learning a lot and now I just have to learn how to apply my new found knowledge. Sometimes in order for change to occur we must sacrifice. Most times those sacrifices are luxeries and things of the world that Satan has worked very hard to make so desirable that it confuses our idea of wants and needs. Luckily we have a Father in Heaven, and a brother that gave His life for us, and the Holy Ghost who are all on our side just waiting for us to turn to them and ask for help. Most times its hard at first but often times the help we need comes in the most unlikely or simple of ways but it is there if we but turn and open our eyes. Most importantly though, we never give up! The Lord wont give up on us, why should we give up on Him. We may not always choose the trials that we face but the Lord will help to sustain us and strengthen us in order to make it through the trials we face. Granted the outcome of certain trials may not be what we want or think we need at the time because our view is sometimes so small, but, the Lord never stops seeing the Eternal Perspective. We just have to practice faith. We can do it.