Lyssa's inspirational thoughts for the day!

  Do you ever have times when you’re praying and you find yourself apologizing to God? You apologize for your weaknesses, the non stop worrying, the endless questions you keep asking over and over again, and your need for reassurance?  I was driving home and praying out loud in the car the other night.I love these moments I have with God. I just talk to Him, about everything going on in my life and He listens. ♥️ But I found myself doing that exact thing…. apologizing. I felt kinda bad, but as soon as I told God I was sorry, I realized something. I realized  that no matter what, God loves me. He loves me not in spite of all of my faults, but because of them. He loves me completely, wholly, and 100%. And He never gets tired of hearing from me.  He has all of us to watch over and listen to, and yet He finds times to be present with me WHENEVER and WHENEVER I need Him. To cry, to complain, to tell Him how happy I am, etc. “With prayer, we never get a busy signal.” I thi...

All of us have a story to tell. All of us have experiences, hardships, and life lessons that we have learned along the way.  We’ve all made mistakes, (hopefully learned from them) and made choices that have gotten us to where we are. We never know when our time on this earth will end and to be honest, we don’t know a lot of what is going to happen to us.. But one thing we do know and can control is how we want to live and the decisions we make every day that will determine where we end up and the person we become along the way. We can write our next chapter! A million questions that come to my mind are: Where am I going to be? What kind of job am I going to have? What is my next chapter of life going to look like? When will this and that happen. . . . and the list goes on. Elder Robert D. Hales once said: “The purpose of our life on earth is to grow, develop, and be strengthened through our own experiences. How do we do this? The scriptures give us an answer in one simple phrase: w...

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 ...

 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 ju...

  Friends, whether you’re single or married, this is for you!  💕 There was a quote that I had heard a couple years ago from a movie. It said “love is just a word, until someone gives it meaning”. Maybe it’s because it’s February, and February always gets me thinking about love.  ♥️ (Don’t mind me while I go off and daydream  😌 ) This morning I was reading my patriarchal blessing, and the word LOVE stuck out to me. The LOVE that my Heavenly Father has for me, the LOVE that my parents have for me, the LOVE that my family has for me, and the LOVE that one day, I’ll have with my future spouse.  All that LOVE got me thinking. I may not have the love from my eternal companion right now in my life, (and that’s ok!) but I do have the LOVE from my family, the LOVE from my parents, AND the LOVE from my loving Heavenly Father. And boy, am I BLESSED!  ♥️ With all of this love, I FELT it so strongly this morning. So strong in fact, that I was moved to tears, because o...

It’s the little things in life that make my day. 💗 I’ve had some friends reach out recently that I haven’t talked to in a while. Their timing was perfect and I couldn’t help but see God working through them for me. Little old me. They reached out with love and kindness and it has reminded me that God does hear our prayers, knows our struggles, and truly does succor His people in times of need. Life is going to be hard. We ALL know and understand this. As of late, life has been hard for so many of us. Losing loved ones, losing jobs, having discouraging moments in dating, living in today’s hectic world, trying to forgive others and yourself and the list just keeps going. I’ve had some family members of some dear friends pass away in the last week and it’s got me thinking. Life is way to short to be anything other than happy. We go through trials, grief, and suffering to become better. And at times it can be consuming. But one thing that pops into my head, is that with God, we are never ...

  Why we need Jesus ♥️ As I was getting ready for church this morning, the thought popped into my head of, why we all need Jesus in our lives. I started thinking about that thought, and immediately knew it was because of the LOVE he and our Father in heaven have for us. I think it’s safe to say, that you and I can attest that we are not perfect individuals, even far from it! At times, we might feel we don’t deserve the love, mercy, understanding, and forgiveness, from our Savior. But- He is always there, ready to give it to us because He has already atoned for everything we have done, are doing, and will do.  Why was He willing to go through this? Why does He love us so much? Why does He want to help us so freely? Why did He suffer for us?  Well, Jesus Christ did all of these things for us: 👇🏻 To show His great love for us. To prevent our suffering fully for our sins. To allow us to repent of and be forgiven for our sins. To glorify the Father. To allow us to return to ...