Thy Will Be Done...

"Every one of us is more beloved to the Lord than we can possibly understand or imagine. Let us therefore be kinder to one another and kinder toward ourselves. Let us remember that as we wait upon the Lord, we are becoming “saint[s] through [His] atonement, … submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father.”³⁶

Such was the submission of our Savior to His Father in the Garden of Gethsemane. He implored His disciples, “Watch with me,” yet three times He returned to them to find their eyes heavy with sleep.³⁷ Without the companionship of these disciples and ultimately without the presence of His Father, the Savior chose to suffer our “pains and afflictions and temptations of every kind.”³⁸ With an angel sent to strengthen Him,³⁹ He “shrank not to drink the bitter cup.”⁴⁰ He waited upon His Father, saying, “Thy will be done,”⁴¹ and He humbly trod the winepress alone."

- Elder Hales, Oct 2011 Conference

I love how every conference I always seem to feel as though every word spoken is meant for me and is always something I need to hear. It has been a rough couple of weeks for me and I was so grateful to be reminded that the Lord has guided me to the place that I am in my life right now. Instead of questioning my life path or wondering why I can't be doing something different, I need to remember that I have been given several confirmations that I am doing the right thing. I need to remember that the Lord has a plan, and I just need to have faith in his plan rather than relying on myself to decide what is best for me.  Sometimes it is hard to remember that just because I may have righteous desires, it may not be what the Lord has in store for me right now. I am grateful for the knowledge that I have of a Heavenly Father who loves me and for Christ who sacraficed everything so that I can be happy and spend eternity with my family.