November and May…
November 12th is a historically important date in our history, not sure if the other half remembers that date, but I was reminded of the significance today while I was sitting in church.
Last night was a rough night, not in a bad way, just the evening of continued praying and listening brought so much peace it was hard to take in, answers came and sleep eluded me as the answers were so clear. Today in church as I was sitting there listening to the speakers, one spoke about how when we prioritize what we want over what God wants for us, our efforts are not quite as fruitful and may seem even an uphill battle, but when we learn to listen to His desires for us and we prioritize His needs for our lives, He will bless us beyond measure. And once again the clarity and calm from the prior evening came back upon me. Another speaker spoke about the the beauty of the blessings we receive and while it is wonderful to receive those blessings, that is not the reason we should chose to do good and make good choices, but we should choose that path because we love our Heavenly Father and are grateful for the Atonement of His son Jesus Christ for us. The blessings are truly wonderous but should be secondary to our choices in following him.
That hit hard as I sat there thinking of all the things we have been asked to do, to stop doing and to be patient and wait, His plan became a little more clear, not crystal as that’s not how this works. We have to step out in faith and continue to listen and take what He tells us with faith and He will continue to show us as we need to see it. I was very clearly told and shown a date that things will be changed by, November 12th…a pivotal date for us, what will change, not exactly sure, I have an idea based on some things He has shown me; one thing I do know that is that my physical situation will have changed by that date as I will by then be in the shared space. So the prayer is that in the next 44 days the others situation will dramatically change and blessings and miracles will occurs so that by that 11/12 date something beautiful can occur for us as long as we prioritize Him in our lives and continue to follow His timeline for us.
A May date has also been on my mind for several days now, another very historically important date for us, not sure what this means for, but He knows and will bring blessings and miracles to us. But I do know that no matter what, this date will always be important and that will never change, so it will be celebrated no matter what.
So today I continue to give thanks and gratitude for the multitude of blessings we have, that He has shown unto us, for the short timeline ahead of us and for the beautiful future that awaits us that He continues to promise and show us will be our future.
We also continue to give gratitude for the safety of our eldest and her situation as well, while it will not be resolved anytime soon as more difficult news poured in over the weekend for them. We would both give anything to be able to run to help, it is just not an option right now for so many reasons, but our thoughts and prayers and many others are with her and her husband and family. And we know that while it is traumatic and horrible, they are ok and that is truly all that matters and they are in His hands and He is watching over them and all those affected.
At the end of this day as I rewrite this post after not being able to connect with the other half today, I am reminded of how grateful I am for the knowledge I have of a Heavenly Father who loves us, knows us and is with us as we allow Him into our lives and how grateful I am to have the promise of a beautiful future with a soul who is worthy to be called by God to serve Him and who listens to and follows and is a strength to me and for us. And I look forward to sharing that and finding that connection and oneness in this with each other.