“Don’t confuse your path with your
destination. Just because it’s stormy now doesn’t mean that you aren’t
headed for sunshine.”
Every Sunday when I attend church I keep a journal of all the talks
given. The family that spoke today did a great job. The topic was to have
Christ- centered family and the proclamation to the family. The little kids
each got up and spoke followed by their mother. She spoke of a story she
remembered as a child flying a kite and how she was able to return her kite
back to her each time she was done playing with it but one day there was a
storm and somehow she let go of those strings and her kite ended crashing in
some tree. The analogy was of how we need to be careful of the storms in our
lives that may get us away from where we need to be.
As I seat in my home writing and watching an
amazing rainstorm through my window. Lightning is shooting through the
sky every few seconds followed by the constant cracking of thunder. I
have to say that there is something really magical about watching a storm like
this. Perhaps it’s the beauty of the lightning as it shoots out across a
blackened sky, or perhaps it’s the contrast of the gently falling raindrops
against the loud roaring of the thunder. Either way, it is definitely
magical.
Our lives are full
of good days and bad ones, happy days and sad ones, easy days and hard
ones. As we go along our journey I think one of the most important things
to remember is that no bad day lasts forever, and every sad day eventually
comes to an end. We will have sunny days without a cloud in our sky and
we will have days where the thunder rolls around us with a deafening
noise. But no matter how harsh the rain storms that come are, there will
come a point like is happening right now out my window – a point where the
lightning stops and the thunder quiets and all of the raindrops are slowly
coming to a halt. And when it is done it will always be followed by the
welcome light of the sunshine as it rises in the sky and brightens everything
in this world.
So many people in the world get caught in the trap of
forgetting that the storms they are facing right now are merely a section of
the road they are traveling through and they lose sight of the fact that in no
way is their current circumstance their final destination. If they just
keep moving forward, putting one foot in front of the other, they will
eventually come to the next section of road that is surrounded by gorgeous
flowers that were only able to grow because of a previous storm that had passed
by them. The sun will return and things will get brighter again….Not
forever, but at least for a while before its time for the storm clouds to once
again roll in and the lightning to spark across the sky, but that’s
okay…because that is all part of the journey we go through in life…Perhaps
going forward you might try skipping merrily through the stormy sections as it
will help you pass through them more quickly, and when you hit the sunny spots
try taking time to stop and look around to appreciate the beautiful flowers you
are surrounded by and appreciating how wonderful the sunshine truly
feels….recognize that without that last storm the flowers wouldn’t have bloomed
and the rainbow wouldn’t display its incredibly colors in that amazing arch
across the sky…then continue walking forward, better prepared and less afraid
to dance through the next rainstorm ahead right into another bought of sunshine…
Not to mention that in our most difficult moments, like
when Joseph Smith was in Liberty Jail, is when we will obtain comfort and be
able to endure. There are some
attributes of Christ that will help us carry on such as: Love, Patience and
Selflessness. This couple mentioned that when they got married, they made bow
that they would always take care of each other. She will take care of his needs
and he would take care of her needs. They described how different they are but
how each one is willing to sacrifice for the other. He explained that he didn’t
have a good example at home but the Lord does and He is whom he follows.
Con amor,
Vero
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