Lyssa's inspirational thoughts for the day!

As I read and re read and listened to Elder Budge’s talk “Consistent and resilient trust” the phrase “sorrow prepares you for joy” wouldn’t leave my mind. The more sorrow we experience here in mortality, the more joy we will one day have. We are taught that to know the sweet taste, we must first know and taste the bitter. (James 3:11, D&C 29:39) We must pass through sorrow to know of that pure joy that will come. We can better appreciate the joy we experience and the sorrow we feel because we know the difference through personal experiences. We’ve been through that ourselves and KNOW. I am grateful for the trials I have passed through. They have been some of the most challenging and difficult times of my life that have made me into the person God wants me to be. But don’t get me wrong, going through them at the moment, is hard. Being grateful for them in the moment? That is a totally different question. Haha it’s not easy, but I think that’s the point. Trials aren’t SUPPOSED

Forgiveness: I share this experience with you, not to make you feel bad for me, but to be real. Its ok not to be ok sometimes. The last 24 hours of my life have been hard. Some things that have happened have brought me to my knees. As I cry out and plead with my Heavenly Father to help me understand, I’m reminded that my anger and sorrow is real. I still feel numb and at times still heartbroken, but I feel my Saviors love. The love He freely gives me. I woke up with a strange sense of peace. ♥️ I taught on Matthew 18 in seminary today. Jesus teaches us to forgive 70X7. That we place our burdens on our Savior Jesus Christ and therein find peace. Peace only the savior can bring. Comfort that only He can give, and a sense of love only He loves us with. It doesn’t make those hard things easier necessarily, but I know that in my savior Jesus Christ, I can have my burdens lifted and that peace restored. I still have angry feelings, sadness, confusion, and thoughts of “why”, but I know