Lyssa's inspirational thoughts for the day!

Discouragement in life comes by often. When life doesn’t go the way we want it to go or the way we think it ought to go. The adversary does a fantastic job at telling us that we should be mad, sad, jealous, disappointed, and upset when things don’t go the way WE think they should. When we can’t find a job or when dating isn’t working out, when we’re faced with health challenges, infertility, divorce, loss, etc. The trials of life are HARD. They’re suppose to be hard. But that doesn’t mean we need to go through them by ourselves. We have a loving Savior, Jesus Christ, who stands ready to help us. ♥️  “Fear not I am with thee, o be not dismayed, for I am thy God and will still give thee aid. I’ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.” (Isaiah 41:10, How firm a foundation) We are NEVER truly alone. We always have the love of a Heavenly Father. A Father who truly does know you and I. He knows our hopes, our dreams, our fears, our weak

 Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the Ogden temple. ♥️One of my seminary students got her mission call and asked me if I’d come! I was so excited to be able to go! It’s been more than a year since I’ve been inside the temple and I’ve missed it so much. The session was beautiful and as I sat in the celestial room, I felt so much PEACE and LOVE from my Heavenly Father. It truly is His house. 🙏🏻 If you know Rose, you know that she is such a LIGHT! Her testimony is so strong and she makes everyone around her want to be better. She inspires me so much! She isn’t afraid to be herself and she is the kindest person you’ll ever meet. 🌹 As we chatted last night after the session, she said to me “Sister Wanner, this may be the last time that I see you.” 😞 (She leaves for her home MTC next week, then she’s off to serve in Florida) I told her that “It’s never goodbye, just see you later.” That’s what I always have to tell myself. She started to cry, which made me cry. 😭 We both just s