#LIGHTtheWORLD Dec 14

Today was a pretty good day.  I did take some time to clean out my closet and such.  It motivated the Queen to do the same.  It reminded me how very blessed I am and that I should take inventory more frequently in my life to see how I can help those who might have greater needs than I do.

I wonder how it is that there are many who are probably more deserving than I who go with out.  Why is it that they are asked to endure greater hardship than I?  On the flip side, I also wonder about those who have so much more, yet do not seem to care for those with less, in fact, they can often times make you feel like you are less than you are in their eyes and the eyes of the world.  Again, I question why?

Then I was listening to a talk this morning about the Doctrine of Christ.  Some thing that was share struck a chord in my heart and soul.  Something that is of easily said, but so very hard to live.  It was just the first principle of His doctrine, but such a powerful statement.

"Faith also causes us to stop worrying  so much about what others think of us and begin to care far more about what God thinks of us."

Faith!  Is that why those who are probably more deserving able to endure less.  They have greater faith.  They are not so much concerned about what I think of them or what others think of them, but what God thinks of them.  They know that as long as they are doing His will, everything will work out for the good.  It may not be that they have all their heart desires in the world, but they do have all they desire in His Kingdom.

Maybe that is what I need to work on.  I need to have greater faith.  I need to stop worrying about what those around me think and focus more on doing, living, and being what God wants me to be.  Hence the hard part to live.  I know I am not perfect, but I am doing what I can.  Each day I am grateful for the reminders sent from the spirit that guide me to repentance, reform, change, and tweaking.  Someday, I will obtain that potential He sees in me, and that is all that really matters in the end.