Tonight for FHE we watched the movie "17 Miracles" with the kids. I was a little hesiate at first due to the nature of the movie, but then I wanted my kids to see what the pioneers had done for us so that we could live in this beautiful valley. I of coursed cried through the whole thing but feel so grateful I got to watch this with my kids. Halle kept talking about the wolves were in a part of the movie they almost got a little boy that was standing by himself while his family had gone off to help another with their handcart. But in the end the little boy was saved and so I asked Halle who was protecting the little boy from the wolves and she said "Jesus". So I got to turn this into a little teaching lesson and so we talked about the the things we can do to protect our selves from todays "wolves". After I put my kids to bed and had gratitude in my heart that I have never had to put my children to bed hungry or lay them down in the frozen earth I had to come and write down 17 miracles I have had in my lives.
Today had been a trying day emtionally and spirutally for me so when I couldn't shake this feeling that I needed to watch this movie with my family I knew there must be some lesson to be learned or my prayers were about to be answered whether I liked the answer or not. Sleep will not come and I know the reason.
1. The miracle of true conversion. I have always been raised in the church but didn't truly have a testimony of the church until about the age of 17. In one of the darkest hours I had know in my life I finally turned to my heavenly father instead of blocking him out like I had been doing for the last year of my life. And when I hit my knees and with a contrite spirit and broken heart did I feel the love that the savior has for me. From that day on I knew the church was true.
2. The mircale of answered prayers. I have always felt out of tune with the spirit and have a hard time listening to the still small voice. But I have never felt so sure about an anwer then when I was praying about who to marry. Ryan and my family love to tease me about how our engagment came about since it was were are just friends to Ryan asking my dad for permission to marry me. The quick turn about came from months of prayers to know if I should and who should I marry at such a young age, 19. Never before had a answer come so strong that Ryan was who I was supposed to marry. This instill in me that all important decisions should always be answered with prayer and the help of the lord.
3. The miracle of the temple. Going through the temple for the first time raised so many questions and some giggles on my part during the endowment, but never have I felt so close to my heavenly father then when I am in the temple. Miracles come every time I go small and big. Even when I wrecked the car one time coming home from the temple there as still a little miracle waiting for me later on in the week.
4. The miracle of tithing. Ryan and I may not be millionaires and, but we have always been able to support our family and meet our financial obligations due to the fact that the first check we write every week is our tithing check. When Ryan lost his job we saw the mircale of tithing first hand and the blessings the lord will provide if you live the law of tithing.
5. The miracle of birth. I never knew how much I wanted to be a mom until I told Ryan there would be trouble in our marriage if we didn't have a child soon. We were only married for about 6 months when I kept having dreams about a little boy and this feeling that we needed to have a child. Tyler must of been one impatient spirit up in Heaven because I had never had a feeling so strong that I needed to something that I wasn't prepared to do yet. Well he was coming and that next month I was pregnant and had Tyler at 21. Through all my kids birth and even just working on the Mother/BAby unit you can't help be in awe of these little bundles of joy and the journey they take to get here.
One funny thing about me is that before we go and find out the sex of our baby I have these weird dreams tipping me off on what I am having. Before we went to the ultrasound for Tyler I had a dream that I gave birth to this beautiful baby boy monkey. Well Tyler came out a boy and was covered in all this hair. I still to this day haven't seen hair on a kids back like Tyler or the length of his eye lashes. His lashes were so long that they touched his cheek! I still remember a snowy day and he started to cry since he couldn't open his eyes because of all the snowflakes stuck in his lashes. Treven I had dreamed about a little boy with chocolate eyes. Again out came an olive skinned little boy with the blackest eyes. Halle I dreamed about a curly brown haired blue eyed little girl. She came out with the curly hair only it was blonde and her eyes were that dull greyish blue but turned to hazel. Emery was the only one that held completely true. A blonde haired little girl with the bluest eyes and the fastest feet in the world. Well if you have seen her on her tricycle, I haven't found anyone that can ride a bike that fast with two feet on the ground, she looks like Fred Flintstone!
6. The miracle of health. Working as a nurse I see how sickness can effect not just the person, but everyone involved with that person. How blessed my life has been that my kids have been healthy and strong but I feel so blessed that I can hopefully give help in any form with those that have the trial of health problems.
7. The miracle to be a wife/mother. Oh how I love having the title of mother. I enjoy being a nurse, friend, sisiter, daughter, my church calling and but I find pure joy in being a mother. Through all the ups and downs nothing bring me more joy than being a wife and mother to my family.
8. The miracle of finding Ryan. I always tease Ryan each year on our anniversary if he thought we would have made it this long after the first year. Like most couples that first year is finding out about each other and learning to live and work together as a couple. Ryan has been and is my best friend. He has taught me the true meaning of humility, being unselfish and many other traits that I strive to have. Each year I think I can't love him anymore then I find out that I can.
9. The miracle of friends. Ryan and I along with our kids have always been surround by good friends that we cherish. We always talk about how lucky we have been to have lived in to great neighborhoods and the friends we have known for a very long time and the new friends we have gotten to know and feel like we have know them for a very long time! Our children couldn't have better influences in their lives then the friends we see them. Thank you to the parents for raising such outstanding kids that each night I pray that their influences will rub off on my kids!
There are so many other miracles I am grateful for but then it would take all night to write them down, these are just a few that were in the front of my mind at the time. It is just like our families gratitude list we make every Thanksgiving, it just keeps going and going and going when you look take the time to see how blessed your life is and how each trial becomes a blessing no matter how big or small.
1 comment:
Kristy, I love your last two posts! You are always such an inspiration to many people including me! We all have many miracles in our lives, but most of the time we are too blinded by the world to see them! Thanks for the reminder to count our many blessings!
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