trials and appreciation

so i've been having a bit of a hard time latley. my mission papers were supposed to go in on february 9, over a month later and they still aren't in. it's really just been a very frustrating thing, and people feel bad but they don't understand what it's like to be the one who is going through it. i never thought i would be the one going through it, because i got my papers finished in december, all of my medical stuff done in january, so i should have been in the clear to get everything turned in by february 9. but things have just kept going wrong, and not even really wrong, because i'm sure that this is exactly what the Lord wants for me. it's just been a frustrating process.

anyway, the point that i'm really trying to make now is that everything is going to be okay! if everything goes right, my papers should be in by the end of this week. {fingers crossed} i was scrolling on facebook this morning and two people on my newsfeed shared some pictures that i had desperately been needing, and i would like to share them now. 

the pictures really go hand in hand with each other. so i guess what i really want to say right now is that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ know, love, and cherish you. they want what's best for you. they have a time table for you. they can comfort you when you're having hard times, or you're feeling frustrated. they love everyone so much. we are all CHILDREN OF GOD. we all have divine potential. and we all have help along the way to finding ourselves, our potentials. 

i know that my mission papers are going in soon, and you would not believe how much comfort i have felt throughout the process of finally getting them in. i know that there was a reason for my papers not going in when i wanted them to. and because of this trial, i am going to appreciate it so much more when my papers finally do go in..and when i have my call in my hand..and when i report to the mtc..and when i get to the field to share the message of the Gospel of Christ with the people where i will be called to serve. and i can't wait. 

--S.E.