"They Cannot Fall"

I am so blessed.

My Father in Heaven keeps sending me blessings, left and right, up and down, sideways and crossways. Even diagonal.

I have a new plan that encompasses everything I have been wanting to do for the past few months. I have an interview for an additional job that I want. I will be starting a new chapter in my life.

Just when I was getting discouraged, starting to give up. And BAM!

Blessings!

With God all things are possible. I can do anything. Because I have God on my side.

27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.

Mark 10:27

 

Because what I am going to do, I cannot do on my own. I could try and fail.

Not with God.

 

12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind,  yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall. 

Helaman 5:12 

 

Cannot: to be unable to do otherwise than

If you follow Christ, there is no possible way that you can stray or fall away from the path. It is impossible. You CANNOT.

And so I will succeed.



I Know Where I've Been

I can safely say I have no idea where my life is going. 

Sure, I still have plans, and I am going to stick with them, but that doesn't mean things are going to go the way I plan. 

Probably not, actually.

And I am fine with that. 

My Father in Heaven will not let my life be limited by other people's choices. Perhaps plan A does not work out. He has a plan B, C, D, E, F, maybe even G. I am in good hands. 

The Dog Days are Over!

Day 2: 3rd visit: 4th numothorax: 1st solution!
Here's the story. (It's a good one!)
Monday morning my mom noticed she was coughing every time she stood up. A phone call and a nurse later she went to the instacare for an x-ray.
The x-ray was sent and the doctor ordered another x-ray for Wednesday just before her doctor appointment.
The doctor told us she had more air in her lung and should have surgery soon. He did let us know that if she wanted a second opinion, he completely understood. That was something of a relief.
Rewind to Tuesday night.
Our home teacher came over and gave my mom a blessing with my dad. In the blessing she was told she would know exactly what to do. She would know and have peace. At the time she was considering going to SLC to see a Pulmonologist, luckily we went to the doctor/surgeon first because he said not to travel, it could be extremely dangerous.
Back to the doctor appointment *fast forward*
The doctor answered every one of her questions and they scheduled her surgery for the next day (Thursday at 1:30).
Thursday morning she suddenly started having more trouble. For other procedures she had procrastinated the day away, not wanting to know what they were going to say. Thursday she was ready 5 minutes early, clean, teeth brushed, ready to go. She was confident that God knew what he was doing and he would bless her (and he did!)

The surgery went well and this is what the doctor was doing inside of her :

In the upper left hand corner is a Bleb. Yes that is the real name of it. A bleb is pretty much a type of blister on the outside of your lung. The doctor described it as "HUGE". The upper right and lower left are pictures of him taking the bleb off. The lower right picture is the hole all stapled up.

Now you may be wondering why it took 4 trys to find this.

Let me tell you!

95% of all numothorax's are in the upper part of the lungs. 4% are in the lower part. 1% is on the underside. Guess where my mom's was?

That's right. The underside, part of the 1%, right where the CAT scan couldn't find it!

Fantastic news, she shouldn't have any more problems! She will be in the hospital for a few more days and then be home and on the mend! 

Thank you for your prayers! We have felt them all month long!

Courage and Success

Success often requires courage. Courage often leads to success.

The problem is gaining the courage and deciding what exactly it is you want to be successful in.

This can be difficult. If everything you want to be successful in is put on a list and considered achievable, all at the same time, you will very quickly become overwhelmed. Or perhaps just whelmed. Either way you have a problem.

The solution is to pick one thing you need success in, one dream you want to follow, and to find the courage to take one step toward that dream. But don't stop there. After that first step the process becomes a tiny bit easier as well has harder. Now all you have to do is continue to walk forward with your end goal in mind.

Unfortunately, life is difficult and messy, and there is someone who does not want you to succeed in anything.

Your goal now has become two goals, two things on your list to accomplish.

1) keep walking to attain the end goal

2) keep walking despite the whelming urge to stop

As you walk toward your goal, it may become necessary to sprint a few stretches, just to kick start your courage again.

Our courage start us out on a path, then it tends to fade away. But every so often, at a checkpoint, we have to reignite it in order to continue on in our journey.

I recommend sprinting to the finish line. As soon as you can see the end, do everything possible in your power to get there as fast as you can.

Once you have passed that crucial line, achieved your goal, attained success... It is possible that nothing obvious will happen. No fanfare. No horn. No roaring crowd. But, that is not why you started out on this journey.

You began because you had a dream that you wanted to accomplish.

Along the way, you learned things about yourself that will help you for eternity. You became more of the person you want to be. You accomplished something for yourself.

You have success.

I will make you one promise.

When you reach a goal. You will be better. But, that is not the promise. When you cross that finish line, you may see no one there. You might not hear any cheering, but someone is there. His chest is swelling with pride at the thing you have accomplished. He is so happy for you he has tears running down his face.

This man is you Heavenly Father.

And he was with you every step of the way. Now that you have made it, he is the proud parent of a winner.