Trust Falling Into Life

Do you all remember when you were in elementary school, or even middle school and you would do the trust fall with your friends? Now this was the ultimate test to see if you trusted your friends to catch you and watch your back. NOTHING said trust like the trust fall.

Recently I've seen the trust fall more and more on social media with teenagers and even kids my age randomly going up to their friends and yelling "TRUST FALL!" It's funny to watch these friends frantically emptying their hands in order to catch their friends.

Nothing says trust, like the trust fall.

Trust can be a scary thing. My mission president once told me that trust is everything in a relationship. If you don't have trust you don't have anything.

I think this is so true for all relationships. Of course when it comes to finding a spouse and an eternal partner you need that trust, BUT that's not what I want to talk about (all my single friends you may sigh now). When it comes to friends, siblings, parents, and God as well; TRUST IS EVERYTHING.

About a month ago I decided to go back to school, which is honestly something I never thought I would hear myself say.

Six months ago as my mission was coming to an end I wasn't really receiving an answer on what God wanted me to pursue as a career. I looked into continuing at Palomar, I looked into online for a Bachelor's, and I looked at beauty schools (which made me internally cry at the amount of debt I would be going into). I decided that I needed to do more research on these schools and options before God gave me an answer, so that's what I did.

Then about a month before my mission ended (cutting it close I know) my bishop called me into his office. As Relief Society President this is totally normal so I just went with it. As he explained a job opportunity my mind was racing, "Who do I know that could use a job?" I thought. He then stopped and said, "I think you should take it."

WHAT

Suddenly all my plans shifted. It was an amazing opportunity in a great environment. I figured the worst that could happen is that they could say no so, I went for it.

Long story short I landed the job and my need for school vanished. I decided I didn't need it so why keep going. ESPECIALLY when I sucked in college, I'm really busy, and I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up.

Fast forward five months. While distracting myself on Facebook I see a post about BYU-Pathway from one of my Assistant Mission Leaders. Almost immediately I hear, "You need to sign up. The deadline is tomorrow. You can always drop, but you need to sign up."

So I did.

Now a month later I am kind of freaking out as I have no plan, no idea what I want to study, I'm still really busy, and last time I checked I still suck at college! So why am I doing this?!

I've learned that life is like a trust fall, but this time God is the one catching us. Over and over again He approaches us with something that could be so amazing and then says, "Trust fall. Don't worry, I promise I'll catch you." The only way to truly know and understand how amazing this event is and how it could change our lives is to take the plunge and let God catch us.

He will always catch us and always be there for us, we just have to take that first step.

I think back on my elementary school days when I would do a trust fall and as I fell I prepared myself to get hurt or to catch myself knowing that my friend may not be there to catch me. Maybe they weren't watching, or they don't have their arms the right way, or they're too far away, or maybe they didn't actually want to catch you.

Though it's a hard step into the dark it's great knowing we have a Heavenly Father that we can trust. That we can truly count on. He will never give up on us, or look away, or not love us. He has a perfect plan for each and every one of us.

All you have to do, is trust.