A Little Faith

"To those of you who are waiting upon the Lord for guidance on your lives - who need help with a major decision or question - I give you this challenge: Prayerfully and carefully use your own intelligence and your own resources to choose a path that seems right to you. Then become anxiously engaged in walking that path. When the time for course correction comes, He will be there to help you and to guide you." ~Von G. Keetch

Start Moving - July 2011 Ensign

 I read this article this morning before church.  It was very powerful and made me think about all the times I sit and wait for answers instead of actively seeking for the things I should be doing.

Photography by Melissa L  Jensen ~ Please do not use without permission

The Climb

Photography by Melissa L Jensen ~ please do not use without permission

I can almost see it

That dream I am dreaming

But there's a voice inside my head saying

"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking

Every move I make feels

Lost with no direction

My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying

Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing

The chances I'm taking

Sometimes might knock me down

But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it

But these are the moments that

I'm gonna remember most, yeah

Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong

Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb, yeah!

I'm not a fan of Hannah Montana.

I've never seen an episode of the show 

I didn't see the movie, but...

I

LOVE

THIS

SONG!

  I think it says a lot about life

It could be applied to waiting in an adoption

Or it could be a song for birth families

Mostly this song helps me remember that in order to appreciate and savor the good things in life we have to know what the struggles feel like.  Our lives weren't meant to be a leisurely stroll.  Sometimes we are given speed bumps, just enough to get us to slow down for a moment, and then we are on our way again.  Other times we are given hills.  They definitely take more time than a speed bump to overcome, but most of us can navigate a hill in stride.  Then there are times in our lives that we are faced with an entire mountain.

Can't go under it...

Can't go around it...

Can't go through it...

We just have to take one step at a time

and climb it, to get to where we are headed.  

I am grateful for the mountains.

I surely wouldn't ask for any in my life

...but I can see how climbing the mountain can 

make me a stronger person in the future.