Never Give Up!!!!!!

I just want to take a quick moment and update again. I am going to really really try to update more often. I kinda slack off at times because i am so tired after work i dont want to do much other then relax. Anyways I just want to say never ever ever give up! There has been so many times that i have wanted to just give up because it seems too hard but i just suck it up and stick with what i am doing (work or personal) and things always have a way of working out for the better when you just stick with it. I found all these pictures on facebook and i take no credit for them. I absolutely love this first one! We should not compare ourselves to the person next to us. the only person we should compare ourselves to is our self. As long as we are even ever so slightly doing better then the day before, then you have improved. That is all we can ask of ourselves.   I have yet to find that i have expected too much of myself. I put my best foot forward (sometimes with a little grumbling sadly even as an adult) and try to do better then the day before. Setting goals is a great way to improve your day to day life. Do it to help you be a better father or mother or spouse. Just get out and do something. :)

It may seem at times that trials wont end but remember that trials make our faith stronger. Remember were you come from and never forget it. We are each a beloved child of God. I know this. I know I wouldn't be who i am without that knowledge. Set a place for those who are suppose to be in your life. It is a great support system. I am pretty blessed because i have so many friends and family i can go to when i need help or an answer. You and Heavenly Father write your life. Dont let other peoples opinions/views destroy your life. You can choose to be offended or to forgive them. Sometimes it takes a LOT of time, but never give up.  Something I am still working on (and probably will for my whole life) is waiting patiently for my life to align with Heavenly Fathers timing. I get so inpatient at times and it really does take all my energy to tell my self to just hold on and dont jump the gun. It is frustrating at times but it is helping me to become more patient for future events (whatever they may be). 

Missionary work is something else I have a testimony of. I have watched my friends go out and come back a totally different and spiritually mature person. I have also had to the opportunity to watch my younger sibling's friends go out and write a few of them and its been really neat to watch them grow. Now i get to watch my cousins go out over the next decade.  Last year i got to watch the first cousin prepare and put his papers in and i was able to be there and watch him open his call and I have no doubt in my mind that this is what he is suppose to be doing right now. The waves of missionaries going out is staggering to me! You dont have to have a missionary name tag to share the gospel. This blog is my way of sharing the gospel the best i can. Another way is to just smile and acknowledge every single person you see. Even it is that person you dont get along with or like. 

We are so technology absorbed that i believe we often for the Lord. Cell phones, Ipads, Itouchs, computers, internet are all just a means of distracting each of us from finding the gospel of Jesus Christ. Satan is extremely cunning. He is trying harder and harder and harder to pull each of us, member and non-member alike away from Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. If satan uses technology, which he does, to his advantage, then why not us? We have countless free and cheap gospel books and apps that allows us access to the gospel books, manuals, music, and countless other material to help us learn the gospel better and share it as well. I have started to re-memorize The Living Christ. I memorized it almost 6 years ago and havent really done anything with it and I am using a free app that helps you memorize scripture mastery and a few other short articles (the living christ, the family: a proclamation to the world, declaration of independence, etc) and i am using it when i am on break or lunch at work instead of watching TV.  

Start each day new. Wake up with a smile and share it. Trials will come before the blessings. Miracles come after the trial of your faith so dont give up. Its getting late and i need to get to sleep so, have a awesome day and remember you are a precious son or daughter of God. dont forget.