I really struggle with putting things into the Lord’s hands. I know that he knows more than I do, but when I want something SO badly, I seem to think that He wants it too. I recently heard a quote in Sunday school and I jotted it down. I don’t know if it was a quote by someone or if it was the teacher’s own thoughts (and it could have been, he’s an amazing older man), but he said, “When we are humble enough to say thy will be done, we will be strong enough to do it.” That really struck me as something I need to be better at remembering. Just because I’m praying and fasting and believing that something is right, doesn’t mean that it is right for me according to my Heavenly Father.I’ve been praying for a year now that my husband would find a job here in my area. We have fasted for it. Even the kids have fasted for it and they’ve never fasted for anything before. I have hoped and prayed and I really believed he would find one. (Part of me still believes he will.) We have made the decision to move if he doesn’t find anything in this area by June when school is out. More than likely we will move. This economy isn’t the best as I’m sure you’ve all noticed.
Since we made that decision I’ve been praying even harder. There are a million reasons why I want to stay in Utah. From the view inside our family, there is so much here for us… so many opportunities, especially for the kids that we won’t find anywhere else. Everything we see points to the conclusion that Utah is where we should live, but it could be what we don’t see that matters. From a loving Heavenly Father’s view it might not be the right place for us at all or maybe it's just not the right time.
I am finally ready to humble myself enough to say thy will be done. And I know He will give me the strength to do it.
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