Sunday thoughts . . .

  

And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also,

for I will go before your face.

I will be on your  right hand and on your left,

and my Spirit shall be in your hearts,

and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.

~Doctrine & Covenants84:88

I know that people don't really like or enjoy it when I talk about my faith in God and how it works and helps in my life.  Religion these days is something which makes a lot of people uncomfortable. I am not sure why that is, but I know that it is true. As for myself, I do not know where I would be without my faith in God and His plan for me. 

Life is hard. It is hard for everyone. There is NO such thing as a charmed life. The rain falls on the righteous and the unrighteous equally. Nobody on this earth escapes hardship. Nobody. 

This past year has been a very difficult one for the whole world. We have all been experiencing  a Universal experience which has affected every single living human being on the earth and it has been a great challenge for everyone.  We have all seen our lives negatively impacted in both great and in small ways.  

But we have all also probably experienced a great many blessings, maybe even too numerous to count. 

 

I can remember last year about this time is when the news that we were in the Midst of a Global Pandemic was just becoming known and accepted.  I can remember feeling very afraid at the time. Afraid to go out of my house, shopping, etc.  And when it became very apparent that it was not safe to do so, I was so very grateful that I had been well prepared by my church leaders for just such an eventuality.  At a time when many were unable to procure even the basics such as water, toilet paper, flour, etc. I had enough for even these most basic of needs, and some to share.  

 

Little did we know then that here we would be sitting, a year or so later, still living in the same situation in so very many ways.  Although to be sure, we are a lot better off now as our Governments and communities have become so much better and adept at helping to get us through this. Many of us are still not able to get together with our family who live far away, to travel, etc. But there are no longer shortages of things like toilet paper and water. Our basic needs are being met and then some. And we have the hope of a vaccine,which while it won't eradicate the virus, it may help us to be able to live with it in a safer, more secure manner.

We have all had to learn to live in a very different way over these past months, and . . . . whilst we may not like it, we are coping. I know in my heart that things can only get better and I believe that they will.

 

For me this last year has been especially challenging and I am not just talking about the Pandemic here.  Everything has changed for me. Everything. Nothing is the same.  Over this last year I had to learn to let go of everything that I thought was dear, people that I loved, all that made me feel secure and happy, my much beloved Mitzie, my friends, my home, my husband, all that I owned, literally everything. And none of that was caused by the Pandemic.  The Pandemic was the least of my problems, although it did complicate things somewhat, I cannot lie.

Discovering that your whole life, or at least the last 20 years of it, was based a huge lie is not a very nice thing to wake up to. Discovering that someone you had loved with all of you was not at all who you thought they were, but who was at the very centre of that lie was probably the single most hurtful, damaging, life altering thing that has ever happened to me.  Making the decision to walk away from all of that, in the midst of a global pandemic was probably the most difficult thing I have ever had to do. 

Fact. I could not have gotten through any of it without my faith in God, and in my belief in His plan for me.  

 

Over and over again, when I have been afraid, when I have thought to myself . . .  I cannot go forward . . .  I just can't do this . . .  over and over again, somehow, somewhere, someway, I have found the strength, courage,  and the determination to do just that.  And I can only say . . .  I can only share my witness that . . .  it has come from one place.  From a place of love and of faith. I have seen my Heavenly Father's love and support for me every which way I have turned. He has placed His angels round about me. I have seen them. I have felt their presence, love, support . . .  and through them I have been able to feel His presence, love and support. 

And it has been hard. So very, very hard.  I have had moments where I just wanted to lie down and die, to wallow, to give in to despair. I have had moments when I have done just that, felt all of those feelings and then some  . . .  but they have been shortlived because somehow, someway . . . I've been able to find the strength, the determination, the hope, the will to not give in to those feelings.  To keep moving forward. To do the things I needed to do, had to do. 

And I have only one answer as to where that came from, comes from, will come from.  And that is my belief in, faith in, trust in . . .  a higher power.  In my God. My Heavenly Father. Your Heavenly Father. The creator and Father of us all.  And I am so very grateful for that, for Him.  He, who knows the very beginning from the end, and who has a plan for each of us. 

I wish I could give each of you some of my faith, belief and trust. But I cannot. It is simply something you need to find for yourselves.  I can tell you where to find it and how to get it, but that is all I can do.

 

I know my journey and my trials are not over yet. I have a ways to go before it is all said and done, but I have a great hope, faith, and a belief in a bright future.  Far brighter than anything I have had to leave behind. Things can only get better.

 

And whether you know it or not, or even whether you believe it, you have all been a part of how He has shown me that He loves, knows and cares for me.  You are a part of the angelic presence He has placed into my life.  And I am grateful for that.  For you. I thank you very much.

And I just wanted you to know that. 

A thought to carry with you . . . 

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I redid one of my older recipes this week.  Cupcake Madeleines. My old photos were naff, and even these are not all that I know they could be, but they are better.  You need to bake them.  Buttery little cakes, rolled in jam and coconut. So simple and yet so very, very good.

Have a wonderful Sunday. Be happy. Be blessed.  Don't forget! 

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And I do too!