Struggles

Everyday is a struggle.

The struggle to get up in the morning, to get dressed and ready for the challenges of the new day. It's a struggle to find the motivation to accomplish the things on your to do list. The struggle of overcoming the feeling that you didn't accomplish anything, when in reality you accomplished so much more.

God our Heavenly Father is aware of your struggles. He knows what you are going through and He knows that your struggles are big for you, even if they appear small to everyone else. As I sit here and type this, the Holy Ghost testifies to me that He is proud of you. He is proud that, for today, you overcame your struggles. He is proud, that for today, you got up and got dressed in some form or another and you tackled your day the best way that you knew how. And if the best way that you knew how to was to simply move from one room to the next, or to write that paper that you were dreading, or to forgive that person for that one thing that happened ages ago, then He is so proud of you. He is proud that, for today, you didn't completely give up. We are all proud of you. Because, as the saying goes, "the struggle is real." But you don't have to do it alone. That was never a part of the Plan. You have a loving Heavenly Father who sent His perfect Son down to an imperfect world full of sin to make sure that you knew that you were never alone. My favorite scripture in Alma tells what the Savior did for you.  

 11 And he shall go forth, suffering pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind; and this that the word might be fulfilled which saith he will take upon him the pains and the sicknesses of his people.

 12 And he will take upon him death, that he may loose the bands of death which bind his people; and he will take upon him their infirmities, that his bowels may be filled with mercy, according to the flesh, that he may know according to the flesh how to succor his people according to their infirmities.

 13 Now the Spirit knoweth all things; nevertheless the Son of God suffereth according to the flesh that he might take upon him the sins of his people, that he might blot out their transgressions according to the power of his deliverance; and now behold, this is the testimony which is in me.

So every time that you feel like you can't possibly struggle and fight anymore, please remember that you don't have to do it alone. As the Father sent an angel to His Son in the Garden of Gethsemane during his greatest time of need, so will the Father send you an angel whenever you need one. So be on the lookout for your angel, because I guarantee that they won't be in angel form, but they will help you. 

{This blog post is dedicated to those who fight struggles everyday, big or small. You are enough, and you are going to win your battle!}