Welcome 2012

Whew.  What a ride 2011 was.  I think I have been looking forward to 2012 for at least a couple of months now.  Don't misunderstand....2011 brought some wonderful blessings.  It also was sprinkled with tears and even some fears.  I don't know that I have anticipated the beginning of a new year quite as much as I have this one.


I was thinking today about all of the things that affected my life so greatly, in wonderful and not so wonderful ways,  in the last year and thought it might be good to say thank you to my Heavenly Father for some of them.  Don't know that I will share them all and I am certain it cannot be contained in one post...so...just do the Evelyn Wood Speed Reading thing if you are not interested.  You never know, it might inspire you to be a little more thankful ;)

Prayers. Short ones. Long ones. Ones filled with Anger. Some with Anguish. Many with Gratitude. How grateful I am to have a loving Heavenly Father that answers my prayers....

"God is eagerly waiting for the chance

to answer your prayers 

and fulfill your dreams.

Just as He always has, 

but He can't if you don't pray,

and He can't if you don't dream.

In short, He can't if you don't believe."

-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

For me, prayer goes hand in hand with faith, believing that my efforts will be recognized and even rewarded with the sweet peace that He knows what I am going through, what I can handle (even if I have doubts), and what is best for me.  That whole "what is best" for me thing isn't always what I had in my agenda, but I am thankful that He sees things with a much wider angle lens than do I.  Ohhh to have the camera that He has.