Lyssa's inspirational thoughts for the day!

Happy Sunday friends! We made it through another week  ☀️🥰   This last week, I feel as though my testimony of my Savior Jesus Christ’s Atonement has increased exponentially! I don’t know why, but for a time, I always thought that the Atonement was ONLY for sin. Only for the mistakes I made that I needed to repent of. The older I became and the more gospel knowledge I acquired, I learned that the Atonement of Jesus Christ covers EVERYTHING. Our sins, weaknesses, pains, afflictions, anger, jealously, you name it! It’s covered. In Hebrew, the basic word for atonement is kaphar, a verb that means 'to cover' or 'to forgive.' Elder David A. Bednar said "....There is no physical pain, no anguish of soul, no suffering of spirit, no infirmity or weakness that you or I ever experience during our mortal journey that the Savior did not experience first. You and I in a moment of weakness may cry out, 'No one understands. No one knows.' No human being, perh

Faith over fear ⛰♥️ Do you ever feel scared of making the wrong choice or going down the wrong path? Do you feel overwhelmed because there are so many directions you could go and you don’t even know where to start? When I saw this quote, it hit me. Yes there are bad days. Yes life is hard. Yes, I am going to struggle. I know these things. It’s LIFE! At times, it’s easy to feel weighed down. The worries of life, the here and now, not to mention the future are always swirling around in my mind. (??) I’ve been so bombarded lately with discouragement, worry, trepidation about my future, and about the plan that God has for ME. Michael A. Dunn, a managing director of BYU broadcasting said: “Fear can freeze us. It can paralyze us. It can stop us in our tracks and keep us from moving forward. Its gripping chokehold suffocates our sapling faith, and without that faith we cannot move forward.” Whoa... that smacked me in the face. I have faith! But when I stopped and thought more about t

This morning I was on the phone on hold for more time than a person should be. Anyone ever been there? I kept calling and got a busy signal. Then when I was finally transferred through, my wait time was an atrocious amount of time and to top it off, there were about 100 people ahead of me. I had been calling right when they opened, how come my call didn’t go through? But the other 100 people’s calls did? I was already getting impatient and frustrated, and now I had to wait even more?! Seriously? Great. It’s not like I had anything else to do with my day. 😅 While I was on hold, I was able to really think. My thoughts led me towards my own life and the individual plan that God has for me. My expectations for my life were not at all what I thought was going to happen. Do you ever feel like that? You think to yourself: I have been waiting a long time for promised blessings, only to find out that 100’s of people have gone before me and it’s worked out for them. Crazy right? This kind

My heart is so full today! I was listening to a talk this morning called “The faith to do His will” by Beth Luthy, a nursing professor at BYU. She told a story out of a book called “Why Is This Happening to Me?” By: Reverend Wayne Monbleau.  He said one of the reasons God allows tribulation is to transform us into wounded healers. He wrote: A wounded healer is someone who has suffered; but instead of being self-centered, the wounded healer sees suffering in an an “other”-centered context . . . with holy compassion and mercy for others.” Trials, especially as of late, have brought me to my knees countless times. I have had lots of emotions. Lots of frustration, tears, anger, sadness, loneliness, and impatience on my end.  The thoughts that have flooded my mind are of the future. What’s next for me, for Lyssa? What am I supposed to do for a career? Where am I supposed to be? It’s been quite hard and I find myself discouraged. Sister Luthy goes onto say that “when we suff