Week 7 - Enduring to the end!

This week we went to the beach. When I got in the water I remembered how much I love to catch the waves and feel the ocean water wash over me. As I got deeper I remember what my mom used to tell me when I was younger "don't go out alone.. always have someone with you". As I remembered this I thought it might be smarter to have my husband come out with me but he didn't want to go out as far as I was, so I decided to keep going because I was enjoying myself. The deeper I got, the closer I was to catching the waves but I could feel the current pulling me a lot stronger than before. I kept going out, but then there came a point when I didn't have any power over the current. It continued to pull me out into the ocean. I started to paddle my arms but it wasn't doing anything for me. I began to panic and was breathing hard. I started to cry because I was scared. In my moment of fear I called out to Heavenly Father to help me in some way to make it back to shore. Suddenly my body relaxed and I thought to do whatever it would take to catch the bigger waves to shore. For a while it wasn't working but as I kept going the waves finally started to take me in. As I got back to the shore I ran to my husband and hugged him and was just happy to be safe and in his arms.

There are many lessons you can take out of this little story. But, for this week in particular to relate to the things we read in class this week I take this as enduring to the end. As we go through this life sometimes we get too close to the edge. We make mistakes and ignore the voices in our head and the spirit telling us not to go a certain way. When we get sucked in and are facing trials and feel like we have lost control it is easy to be overwhelmed, scared, and lose hope trying. But, it is in that moment you need to turn to the lord the most and know that its never too late to turn your life around.

Its important to never forget that its never too late. I am grateful for the constant guidance that is there from a loving heavenly father and his prophet and apostles on the earth today. We are so blessed to have the gospel that can bring us up when we feel our lowest.