Wrong Roads

There's a Mormon Message about Elder Holland when he took his son Matt out on a little day adventure. When it came time to journey home, they came to a fork in the road that was unfamiliar to them. Not knowing which side to take, Elder Holland and Matt prayed and both felt as though they should take the road to the right. After going only a few hundred yards, the road came to a dead end. They knew when they got to the end that that was the wrong road for them. When they turned around and got on the correct road to go home, Matt asked his father why they both felt prompted to take the road to the right when obviously it wasn't the one that would take them where they wanted to go. Elder Holland's reply was that the easiest way for them to know exactly which road was the right road, the Lord let them go down the wrong road just a little ways. This was to help them know with conviction that that road was the wrong one for them to take. It also let them know with equal conviction that the second road was the correct one.

How often do we see this in our lives and get frustrated at it. We feel as though we are following what the Lord is telling us to do, yet we do not get the desired results or we do not end up where we feel we ought to be. We do our best to align our will with His, and when we feel good about an answer we receive, we go forth with it. Yet we don't realize that the way he is leading us is to help us be certain of our path, so that we know we are exactly where we need to be.

I'm at that crossroad in my life right now. Rather, I have decided on a path that I felt was right for me, yet now I feel like it is not the right one for me. So now I am turning around and getting on the other path. When I get to that path, it may be that that is not the correct one for me either, or at least not the correct timing. Whatever it may be, I know that the Lord is guiding my path and as I trust in Him, I will become the woman He would have me be.

Here's the link to the Mormon Message if you would like to watch it.
https://www.mormonchannel.org/watch/series/mormon-messages/wrong-roads

To the New Boy

To the New Boy Dating the Girl with Anxiety and Depression,

THANK YOU. Thank you for accepting me as I am, for not making me feel as though I need to change to be better for you. It's been awhile since I've been this happy, and it's all thanks to you. The time that I've spent with you has been such an eye opener for me. You see all the good in the world around you, which I'm so grateful includes me. I'm learning to focus on my good qualities, and you are helping me learn that lesson. I cannot thank you enough for all that you have done for me, simply by being you.

You say that you are lucky, and I would have to agree. When we met and became friends, I was broken, a hollow shell of what I used to be. It's been several months since we first met, and I've had time to take care of myself and to learn to love myself. You are lucky that we started dating when we did, because I was closer to being whole than I was back then. I still don't feel completely whole yet, but since I started dating you, I have taken huge steps in that direction. So really, I am the lucky one. I feel like I'm getting the better end of the deal. I hope you don't mind!

Thank you for all that you do for me. Thank you for being my best friend. Thank you for changing my world.