Show Up! Even on Your Worst Days
Today I had an experience that once again reaffirmed how much my Father in Heaven loves me, despite my weaknesses and failings. I was struck today by the ways that He finds to let me know that he knows my heart and cares about my struggles. This past week was a very tough parenting week... just tough overall... for me. By Tuesday night I just couldn't bear to be around anyone because I was on the edge of tears at every thought. I took a needed break and went to visit my best friend for the weekend. Today in church, in Kansas, my friend's stake president (the Salina Kansas Stake) was visiting her ward and his talk helped me with my feelings of being overwhelmed by my personal weaknesses and the sins that do so easily beset me. Despite my best efforts, at times my struggle with self leaves me feeling like an utter failure in the most important roles of my life, wife and mother. This discouragement is because of the difference between what I know I should be and what I am ...