Clear Blue Skies

Alright so the past few days Nashville has had some bad weather. The weather here is ridiculous! Yesterday was the worst. We went out walking because it had stopped raining for a little bit. We were trying to find this address of a person that wanted us to come by and visit sometime. Well it started to rain a little. So I busted out my umbrella to keep me dry. Then it started to rain harder. Next thing I knew we were walking through a river in the street up to our ankles, the wind started blowing really hard, and tornado sirens were going off! My umbrella didn't do its job. The only thing that was dry was my hair. It was pretty intense! I survived though. I tried to keep a good attitude and stay postive even though I was soaking from head to toe and would have rather been stayed inside. We made it back to our apartment in safety and got dried off and everything was just fine. Now today is a beautiful day with clear blues skies. That seems to be the trend here in Nashville. They have a big storm and then it is followed by a beautiful sunny day. Now I want to relate this to the Gospel. The big storm can be related to some sort of trial in our life. Something that just really gets us down. What we have to do next is endure it well. We can rely on the Savior and ask our Heavenly Father for help to endure through prayer. We need to trust God. The prophet Alma gives this advice to his son Helaman in the Book of Mormon. In Alma 36:3 it reads "And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their ^atrust in God shall be supported in their ^btrials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be ^clifted up at the last day." In this scripture it lets us know that we will be supported and lifted up at the last day. So this can be related to the beautiful sunny day with clear blue skies the day after the storm. I know that when a trial or trouble comes our way if we endure it well with a good attitude and trust God, we will receive a reward and better times will come. I know this because I know our Father in Heaven loves us and wants the best for us. He doesn't always make it easy, but that's because he likes to test our faith and wants us to learn and grow. I know he will never give us anything we can't handle with his help.