The Easter Promise

Today is Easter. To me it is a great day of rejoicing! I recently listened to Elder Wirthlin's talk "Sunday will come" and I realized that in my life I have "Good Fridays", but I always know that Sunday will come because of what I believe. On this day I have the opportunity to celebrate the fact that Jesus Christ sacrificed and died for me. He was willing to take on every pain and discomfort. He was willing to understand what he did not deserve to understand. He did that so that I can return to live with a loving Heavenly Father. He died so that I can live again after this life. This is not the end. I testify of that. I know that my Redeemer lives and for that I will be eternally grateful.

The People in My Life

This week I have a break from my schooling. An entire week to do whatever I want! So I decided I wanted to read a book. Now I'm not sure I'll be able to finish the book... As it turns out I have a million people who love me and want to spend time with me! This is my motivation today. I have people who love me! People who are cheering for me and wanting me to try my best and become everything I can be, which could potentially be a lot. I love that! I can keep going no matter what happens!

Opposition

In our lives we do not always live happy days, but we do not always live sad days. We live many different kinds of days. Sometimes our hearts rejoice. However, our hearts would not know how to rejoice unless they knew sorrow. This is where the motivation comes in. On really difficult days when I have a hard time finding the best things I like to think that the rejoicing periods can't be far around the corner. I need to know the depths of sorrow so that I can appreciate the mountains of rejoicing! The difficult days will not last forever. In fact, they are but a small moment. You can always depend on the coming joy, for that is what the law of opposition teaches us. We must have both!