LOOK UP

I was just thinking how we have a natural tendency to base our worth on what other people think of us. If someone pays us a compliment, we are beautiful and talented! But... if someone puts us down or criticizes us, our worth drops significantly. Why is this? I think that whenever we call our looks or personality ugly or call someone else ugly, Heavenly Father feels very sad. He is perfect!!! So why do we view His work and His glory as ugly and worthless? We should never condemn the works of God. Instead of comparing ourselves horizontally to those around us, let us LOOK UP and see our worth from a higher perspective! 

Certain

This week I've been thinking about God's plan for me. There is so much uncertainty and it takes a lot of faith to trust God's plan. I have found it especially difficult to not confuse my path with my destination. I was really troubled yesterday and so I went to the temple that evening. While I was waiting, I read a scripture in D&C 58:3-

"Ye cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your God concerning those things which shall come hereafter." 

That was an answer to my prayer!!! I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for me and that I need to trust that His plan is better than mine. That is what trusting Jesus is all about! And I am so grateful that He is the one certain thing in my life. I know that I can always depend on Him, rely on Him, and trust Him. I know that we are not forgotten and that great things are in store for us! Another answer to a prayer I had came from a quote by Horace Bushnell:  

"Trust God for great things; with your five loaves and two fishes, He will show you a way to feed thousands."

I know that He will make great instruments out of us!