I've realized that our Father and Big Brother upstairs give us lots of things. Actually, "lots" is quite an understatement. They give us everything.
I would like to talk about one aspect of life They give us--people. Friends and family, to be more specific. I think They give us these people for many different reasons. We learn what to do and what not to do from these loved ones We learn how to love and accept. We learn how to deal with people we don't exactly like. We learn how to help them and be helped by them. We learn who we want to be by how we see other people run their own lives and by what we think Big Brother wants us to be. Either we can shape our lives to be like these people we admire, or we shy away from their mistakes. Either way, most of the time ( i think) these people Big Brother put into our lives to help us.
However...
Our friends aren't always there for us. People aren't perfect and many times we forget to help others before ourselves ( don't get me wrong, i also think we have to help ourselves before we are truly able to help others in some cases. But that is an issue for another post). In other words, some friends can be selfish and forget what it means to be a true friend. And you know what? That's okay. We all do it. "Who am i to judge another, when i walk imperfectly?" That's just how life goes.
And it's okay, but only because we have reinforcements--backup. Or, i like to call them, my family. We are going to be with these people forever. Now THAT is a long time. So i suspect that i might as well get along with them now, before we get to heaven. I've gone through friends like some people go through milk cartons.( In our family's case-- rice milk cartons. :)) And some of them were better than others. Each one taught me something different and i needed them at various times for various reasons in my life. I love them all still. But they fact of the matter is, they aren't still here. My family is. I've had the same parents, siblings and cousins i've always had. They've always been here.
Well most always.
That's when there is only 2 people left that never leave you. Then only 3 people that always know how you feel. 1)You, of course. 2) Heavenly Father 3) Jesus Christ. They can't leave you, it's impossible. So, it's impossible to be alone. It's impossible to have no help. It's impossible to hurt by yourself. Isn't that nice? He's the reason why the tough can get going. He's the reason why i can get going.
Ok, so i actually wrote that awhile ago. But, i decided to actually post it because i recently have gained a new appreciation for my family. Nothing makes me happier than when they are all in town! Especially for a wedding. MOST especially when it's Greg's wedding. We never thought we would see the day....;) Except, at the time we didn't know what he was waiting for. Neither did he, but just let me tell ya, she was worth the wait! We love Katie! Whoooo!We needed another girl in the family. :D
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