He Meets Me Where I am ...

7/18/2013 I read 2 Nephi chapter's 25 and 26:

 I am sorry there was no post yesterday. I would like to say it was because of technical difficulties ,, but it was me ... having a melt down! Sometimes it seems that no matter how hard you try, it is never good enough ... so you take it up a notch and someone still finds a way to kick ya while you are down! I wish I had taken the time to read these two chapters yesterday. I think they would have given me much needed strength! After doing all we can, I know that the Lord is there to make up the difference. I never will be enough ... but with Him, I am always enough! 

"For we labor diligently to write, to persuade our children, and also our brethren, to believe in Christ, and to be reconciled to God; for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do."                 ---2 Nephi 25:23

I think one of the most beautiful things to remember is that it is so important for us to be on the Lord’s side, there is beauty in knowing and we should never forget that the Lord is also on our side. One of the greatest gifts we have from our Savior is the gift of hope. It is what  blesses us with the state of mind necessary to deal with the gap between where we are and where we desire to be. And so I go to the Lord with a broken heart and a contrite spirit and know he will be there to comfort me, and lift me up when I feel like I just can't do "it" anymore. He fills me with hope. The gift of hope offers peace and perspective, like the encouragement we feel when a close friend gives us insight about a difficult problem and we sense that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Such hope can give us life! That life is given to us by the Savior. There are no dark tunnels in life when you walk with the Savior. His Love illuminates and the darkness disappears, He the Light and the Life of the world.
 I don't know who out there reads these posts, but I want you to know, with everything in my soul, that I know that Jesus is the Christ! An I know he walks with me everyday. Were it not for him, I do not know how I would have survived these last months with my current trials. I recognize his hand in all things and I will continue to trust Him always in all ways! I wrote this poem a few years ago ... I read it for strength this very day and thought I would share it here;

Bring It To Him
                                                                           --written by: Janalea Jeppson 9/2009

He hears you,
He listens
He only has one request;
Bring it right to Him.
He speaks to you with whispers in the stillness,

Every time the anger roars in your heart,

bring it to Him.

Every time you feel like nobody hears you,

bring it to Him.

When you think life isn't fair,

bring it to Him.

When you hurt in your heart, in your soul

or in your physical self,

bring the pain to Him.

When you can't think at all

because the “noise” of this day

was just too much,

bring it to His feet,

and He will make an altar from your suffering.

Have hope in Christ.
 Reach for Him.
He will dance in the puddles of life’s storms with you!

He is the Hope. 

He is the way.

He is the truth,

 He is the life.

He gives you life … He’ll bring you hope …
Trust Him with all your faith.

And ….

When the wind whistles, be still and listen,
For it is Him, your Savior, singing to your weary soul.