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Faith in the Middle

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Today my brain has felt like a huge, jumbled, emotional mess (probably almost that time of the month ;). I finally decided to take a walk outside this evening to try and think through everything going through my mind today.

While on my walk I listened to a new Hilary Week's album I bought on iTunes this morning (Love Your Life). (My cousin texted me and told me about a song she thought I'd like and I ended up just buying the whole album because they were all great, I HIGHLY recommend it.)

Every song that I listened to I felt like I got the same message pounded into my head and heart. Have faith, trust in the Lord and everything will work out in the right time. Life is hard sometimes and I get so focused on what's not happening that I lose sight and don't recognize or appreciate the blessings right in front of my eyes. Things are going to work out. They might not work out the way I'm picturing in my head but that's ok. I just have to trust in the Lord and "have faith in the middle." Trust in the Lord even through those times that I'm struggling. I'm still going to have bad days and moments that I feel like I can't handle certain things but its on those days that I need that special reminder to keep that faith. It'll be ok. I'll be ok.

By the time I got home from my walk my heart felt quite a bit lighter. All along the way I had experienced these small tender mercies that added to the messages of each song. I walked down a street and smelled the delicious smell of BBQ (which I love), down another street someone had a fire going (another smell that I LOVE), then on one sidewalk I came up to this huge, long pile of crunchy leaves just WAITING for me to step on them and enjoy that beautiful, crunchy sound, and finally the cute little bunnies I saw along the way (bunnies are EVERYWHERE here but I still get such a kick out of seeing them on walks)! Such silly things but those small moments I knew were sweet, tender mercies for my heart.

I'm grateful for stressful times because they help me to be reminded of how much I'm loved by my Heavenly Father and Savior Jesus Christ.

I'm grateful for the patience of my Savior and Heavenly Father in always being willing to remind me again and again of their love and remind me that things are going to work out.

I'm grateful for tender mercies and how sweet they truly are to me.


-Holly-

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