THE LORDS TIMING

Hey Bloggers,

Not that long ago I felt like my life was perfect. I was super single and happy to be super single. I had a job I loved. I was taking a couple online classes so I felt like I was progressing educationally as well. I wasn't married, having kids and I didn't even have a bachelors degree but that was okay with me because those were all things I was working towards.

As many of you know, My Dad had oral cancer and my life kinda changed after that. As he was fighting for his life, he would say things like, "I need to fight this so I can stick around to meet the man you marry and hold my grandchildren." When he would say those things, it made me reflect on my life. I went from loving the way my life was going, to absolutely hating the way my life was going. I would think to myself, " What have I done with my life?? What have I actually accomplished?" I felt like I had let my earthly father down along with my Heavenly Father. I felt like a failure because my Dad was never gonna get to meet my future husband, he was never gonna get to hold his grandchildren and he was never gonna get to see me graduate college and it was ALL MY FAULT.

I would think to myself, " I should have not been so picky. I should have just settled and married one of the first guys that came along. I should have saved up more money for school. I should have just stuck with my first major, or even my second major!" I had those thoughts for way too long before I realized those were all thoughts from Satan. I let Satan make me feel like a failure. I let Satan make me feel like a loser. I let Satan make me feel like less of a person than I am.

Being a YSA is so hard. I think you can all agree. I don't know one young single adult that is 100% content with the way their life is going right now. You all want to be at that next step and I am totally there with all of you. Its normal. Please, pleas PLEASE don't get down on yourself because your life isn't going exactly the way you want. That is how Satan wants you to feel. If you are living righteously and keeping the commandment, good things will happen for you!! You just have to have faith in the Lord and his timing.

I think we spend too much time comparing ourselves to the people around us. We see people getting into relationships, getting married, having kids, getting degrees, getting that dream job, or that job permotion and we think, "What the heck?? I am living righteously so why am I not receiving all of those blessings??" The answer is simple, BECAUSE ITS NOT TIME!! We often forget how perfect the Lords timing really is. He really does have a plan for all of us!!

Do not settle for something less than you deserve because you want to be were everyone else is at or because Gods timing is taking "too long". This life is not a race. Do not settle for the first person that comes along if it does feel right, don't settle for that major if it is a field you don't enjoy, don't settle for that job if it is something you don't want to do. You deserve to be happy and Heavenly father wants you to be happy so just be patient and have faith in him!

I love receiving advice from old people. One of the questions I always ask is, "What do you wish you would have done differently when you were my age?" Almost everyone Ive asked that to has said that they wish they would have just enjoyed life instead of stressing out about when big things were gonna start happening for them! If you live in a way that is pleasing to the lord, you will be receiving blessings everyday. They may not be the blessings you want right now but they are still blessings. Don't waste today focusing on whats not going right. Focus today on the things that are going right and the blessing Heavenly Father is giving you.

It is okay to get discouraged about life sometimes, but when that happens, stop yourself and remember how much the lord loves you! Remember that he has so much in store for you if you are just patient and wait.