needing to sleep

it's been a while since i blogged -

don't worry, i haven't stopped being opinionated

or having musings about

life, love and other mysteries -

i've just been unable to find the time to put my

funny thoughts up for the world to see :}

...

tonight, tho,

im kinda pensive.

i can hear fire trucks outside my house

and i wonder whose home is on fire

or if someone is in danger.

i wonder if they'll be ok.

i heard the news that a girl was beaten and raped near our home.

a girl in our stake.

and i wonder how she'll survive.

how her family will survive.

i listened to a woman i know

prepare herself for another battle against cancer

after being a survivor of several years.

then she found out

that her husband is also fatally ill.

and i wonder if she's tempted to get angry or give up.

i see and hear lots of sad things

because the world is full of unhappy, wounded and flawed people,

and honestly, sometimes i don't know where to put it.

this life

this earth

this chance

is a divine and priceless gift -

greater than anything else we could have had in the eternities -

we fought for it!

we wanted it!

because somehow, we trusted,

even before we'd come here,

that everything we'd face;

all darkness

injustice

unkindness

perversion

wickedness

lonliness

scarring

and

pain

would all somehow be swallowed up

and healed

through the Savior.

we didn't just trust, we KNEW.

my heart aches for the people around me who have been hurt.

my heart aches when i hear about how dark the world is becoming.

my heart aches when i think of little children having to brave this dangerous place.

but somehow, the world still isn't evil.

the world, this earth and the people on it,

are still all creations of God

and He is still the supreme ruler over them.

so this world, despite all of its flaws,

is still glorious beyond description!

and so, somehow, we can still be joyful

despite how scary life can seem.

:)

there is nothing

NOTHING

the Savior cannot make right

through the Atonement.

and there is so much RIGHT that can already be had in this life!

and the Atonement

magnifies it to be so much more right

and good

and bright

than it was before!

“[His influence] quickens all the intellectual faculties, increases, enlarges, expands and purifies all the natural passions and affections; and adapts them, by the gift of wisdom, to their lawful use. It inspires, develops, cultivates and matures all the fine-toned sympathies, joys, tastes, kindred feelings and affections of our nature."

-Parley P Pratt

i love that quote.

our great and loving Father

through our Savior

aided by the Holy Ghost

make all wrongs right

all rights divine

and give ALL experiences meaning.

...im not sure if i make much sense :}

its late.

God is love

goodnight.