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Happy Birthday To A Very Classy Lady....And The Story Of The Current Bush

Today my roommate Nan "Classy-Lady" Coon turns 20 years old. What can I say about Nan. She's pretty hilarious. We're so similar and yet so different and it's pretty great because we always have a great time together. Like living room sleep overs and making snow angels in the backyard at 1:00am, meteor showers or long chats sitting on my floor. McDonalds adventures, Taco Tuesday, Temple Square, and out of control late nights when everything is funny and we (or at least I) should not be allowed to be around other people. Needless to say, Nan Coon is pretty great and I am grateful we live together this year. Happy Birthday Nan! I hope you are having a fabulous day with your family...but seriously just get your butt up to Logan and freeze with me!:) Hahaha love ya "Queen Nan"!
Speaking of freezing...IT IS SO FREAKING COLD! I am dying. When I get cold, because of old injuries, my body just hurts...feet, knees, back...it's great. This morning as I walked across the parking lot to church it was -7 degrees. Eww. That is not fun for anyone. I don't care who you are if you say you like these negative degree temperatures you are out of your mind and I will not believe you. It's as simple as that. Haha when I got back to Texas for Christmas break it was 80 degrees and I was in heaven. Hey Logan, why don't we switch weather with Texas okay?? Perfect! I like this plan.
So classes start tomorrow for Spring 2013 semester. It will be my fourth semester in college and I have no clue what I want to do with my life. This semester is going to be a hard one for me. Not only are my classes hard but I have a lot of decisions to make. I wish I had more answers, but the fact of the matter is that I don't have them. And so the only thing to do is to move on and keep trusting in the Lord. I am so grateful (even though being in the midst of it all it is so so very hard) for the trials that My Father in Heaven gives me. Today in Relief Society we talked about repentance, and how a fundamental purpose of repentance is to become our best selves. I loved it. And being the big baby that I am, I sat there and silently sobbed as we listened to this lovely clip by a wonderful apostle of God.
 
The Story of the Current Bush is not one I hadn't heard before, but it really touched my heart today, surrounded by my sisters in the gospel. At a time when I am wondering almost constantly what it is that I need to do, and why I am not getting answers I need to remember these beautiful words, "I am the Gardner here and I know what I want you to be." and constantly remind myself to keep an eternal perspective. "Thank you Mr. Gardner for cutting me down, for loving me enough to hurt me." My trials are for my benefit and will only bring me happiness, even if right now that doesn't seem to be the case. Sitting here, in the moment, it is hard to see how all of this is going to bring me happiness. But then my Father in Heaven is so wonderful, and blesses me with Tender  Mercies, like the story of the current bush, to remind me that He is mindful of my needs. He knows exactly what I am going through because he atoned for my sins and heartaches. He loves me. And that is a beautiful thing. And today I was blessed tremendously to be reminded by that love. Elder Christofferson urges us to remember that the trials and hardships we go through are not only for our own benefit to help us grow and progress, but they are given to us because our Father in Heaven LOVES US. "Let us pray for His love-inspired correction" for it is truly only motivated by love.

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