This last week in my life I have felt incredibly grateful. I have been given so much in my life and I know all too often I take it for granted. It is so easy to find things to complain about but if you can just slow down and look around you will find tender mercies and blessings all around. Last week was actually very opposite of this week. I was feeling very overwhelmed by everything that was going on. I felt everything in the world was after me and was starting to feel built up stress and frustration. I lost patience a lot easier and was not acting myself. All of this came because I chose to be ungrateful. When you make this decision you start a spiral downward. It is a slippery slope and leads to other things that just bring unhappiness. I believe the happiest people in the world are the ones who choose to be grateful.
I love the way the Lord works to humble us and open our eyes continually. We moved this week to a new apartment. A lot of changes are happening and sometimes its easy to be overwhelmed but as I turn to the Lord I feel so happy. I am healthy, we are living in a really nice place FOR FREE, there is a baby on the way, I have a wonderful and happy husband, I am blessed to have a knowledge of the gospel, I have an awesome job, and the list is never ending. I feel undeserving of so much in my life right now but wouldn't trade it for the world. And because of that I need to live my life in such a way that shows how grateful I am. Being grateful definitely comes after you are humbled before the Lord. It is a journey we are continually on. I hope to always find those things that I should be grateful for. It makes the world happier!
Happy Week! Life is good :)
