Walk on Water
I hate seeing my friends upset, but knowing that I'm going through a similar situation helps. Through my most recent trials I've learned that the Lord will not put us through anything He doesn't think we can't handle. My thing is, I just wish He didn't trust me so much.
Ever ask yourself why people have so much faith in you, while you have so little in yourself? You understand that with faith the size of a mustard seed you can move mountains, you just don't know if you can move them or not.
That's me.
I know I can do so much, but if He asked me, could I really move mountains?
And yes I know I'm jumping around here, so let's just get to the point of this.
My friend was telling me a lot of things that had recently gone wrong in her life and I was trying to help her, not knowing that what I was about to tell her would relate to my issues so much.
She said, "Ever feel so alone? Like you're just there drowning in a huge body of water? And no matter what you do you can't get up. You can't surface enough for one measly breath. And when you finally get up, you're sucked back down again."
"But when you're down there you see, you see such beauty. All the fish and the ocean floor. It's so beautiful and you don't know whether or not you're supposed to ever come up again."
She said, "That's how I feel right now. I'm drowning."
Now I didn't know what to say. What a absolutely perfect analogy. I mean Satan's temptation's can be beautiful, but in the end if we stay down there with all that, we may not make it out alive.
All I could think of was this:
"And when you feel like you can't fight anymore, that's when Christ comes. He sticks His hand into the water, and then you walk on water with Him."
"But until then you fight with all your might. Because The Lord knows you can make it. He wouldn't throw you into that ocean if He didn't know you could."
When I said that, I learned so much about myself.
Because, I'm drowning too...
And that is EXACTLY what I needed to hear.
The Lord knows what He is doing. He isn't God for nothing. Just remember this: Your lifeguard walks on water. If you ever feel so alone, so very deep in that water, keep fighting. Not for me, not for your family, not for your ward, but for you. You need that trial and you're not going through it for naught.
He loves you, and He is not going to leave you alone to drown.
Ever ask yourself why people have so much faith in you, while you have so little in yourself? You understand that with faith the size of a mustard seed you can move mountains, you just don't know if you can move them or not.
That's me.
I know I can do so much, but if He asked me, could I really move mountains?
And yes I know I'm jumping around here, so let's just get to the point of this.
My friend was telling me a lot of things that had recently gone wrong in her life and I was trying to help her, not knowing that what I was about to tell her would relate to my issues so much.
She said, "Ever feel so alone? Like you're just there drowning in a huge body of water? And no matter what you do you can't get up. You can't surface enough for one measly breath. And when you finally get up, you're sucked back down again."
"But when you're down there you see, you see such beauty. All the fish and the ocean floor. It's so beautiful and you don't know whether or not you're supposed to ever come up again."
She said, "That's how I feel right now. I'm drowning."
Now I didn't know what to say. What a absolutely perfect analogy. I mean Satan's temptation's can be beautiful, but in the end if we stay down there with all that, we may not make it out alive.
All I could think of was this:
"And when you feel like you can't fight anymore, that's when Christ comes. He sticks His hand into the water, and then you walk on water with Him."
"But until then you fight with all your might. Because The Lord knows you can make it. He wouldn't throw you into that ocean if He didn't know you could."
When I said that, I learned so much about myself.
Because, I'm drowning too...
And that is EXACTLY what I needed to hear.
The Lord knows what He is doing. He isn't God for nothing. Just remember this: Your lifeguard walks on water. If you ever feel so alone, so very deep in that water, keep fighting. Not for me, not for your family, not for your ward, but for you. You need that trial and you're not going through it for naught.
He loves you, and He is not going to leave you alone to drown.
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