Back in Colorado

It's odd how quickly I can get back in the swing of things in my hometown. Not that I wasn't spiritual or anything, it's just a different atmosphere from Idaho and it seems like I have to work extra hard to stay my best self that is expressed in Idaho. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be a student of BYU-Idaho. That school seems to bring the best out in me and I can tell. My testimony has grown so much and I never really thought that a school could do that. My teachers, friends, and family all helped me grow. The church is the same wherever we go and I think that is the best part. When I meet LDS people, I know that they have the same standards as me and I feel like I can be myself right away. I've only been home for 2 days now and I feel that I'm already being tested. Not in a bad way, but in a way to help me keep good habits. Knowing that I always need to be improving myself helps me along the way. I may never be perfect at scripture study. I may not always say my prayers everyday. But I know that my Heavenly Father still loves me and will help me along the way. I can only hope that the things I've learned in such a short amount of time will be recognized by others. I pray that I will have the courage to share my testimony more and feel proud of it. I love this gospel. I know I probably say that a lot, but why not say it all the time? It's completely true. It blesses me and comforts me everyday.

May you recognize the spirit and listen to it. Have a wonderful day!

I Need Thee Every Hour

(1) I need thee ev'ry hour, most gracious Lord,

No tender voice like thine, can peace afford.

I need thee, oh, I need thee; Ev'ry hour I need thee!

Oh, bless me now, my Savior; I come to thee!

(2) I need thee ev'ry hour, stay thou near by.

Temptations lose their pow'r When thou art nigh

I need thee, oh, I need thee; Ev'ry hour I need thee!

Oh, bless me now, my Savior; I come to thee!

(3)I need thee ev'ry hour, in joy or pain.

Come quickly and abide, Or life is vain.

I need thee, oh, I need thee; Ev'ry hour I need thee!

Oh, bless me now, my Savior; I come to thee!

(4)I need thee ev'ry hour, most holy One.

Oh, make me thine indeed, Thou blessed Son!

I need thee, oh, I need thee; Ev'ry hour I need thee!

Oh, bless me now, my Savior; I come to thee!

We sang this song in my Book of Mormon class the other day and I felt the spirit so strongly while singing it. I later pondered why the spirit spoke to me so strongly during this song rather than the rest of the class. I came to the conclusion that since finals are coming up, I need my Savior more than ever. I need His comfort and His love while I'm struggling through this time. I love this song more now that I have had before. I feel like it has more personal meaning to me now and I really love that! I hope that all of us recognize that everything we have comes from our Heavenly Father and our Savior and that it's okay to feel like we always need Him. Let us all think about this daily.

God Bless America

In the spirit of the holiday (I realized its passed now) I thought I'd share my thoughts on being blessed to live in America. We are sooo blessed to live where we do. We have houses, food, clothing, malls, cars, bikes, and so on. I could go on forever probably just saying what we have and how we're so blessed to have all these wonderful things. I thank my Heavenly Father as often as I can of how much he has blessed me with. He's blessed me with a wonderful family, the privilege to go to school to gain an education, wonderful friends, trials, mistakes, just everything and anything you could think of. Everything we have comes from Him and it's so awesome! I would be a horrible person if I never thanked my Heavenly Father for all of this. Just living in America is an amazing blessing. It was really fun to get together with my family for the 4th of July weekend last week. As I was just sitting at different times throughout the weekend I realized how much I love my family and the craziness that goes on. I cannot say enough how blessed we are to live in such a well developed country. When you think about Africa or the other countries that suffer, we have it all to them. We have food on our tables every night. We know where we're going to be sleeping every night. We have jobs that we know will support us. Just because we have these things, doesn't mean Heavenly Father doesn't love the people of the other countries. Just have faith in the Lord. Trust Him because he knows what he's doing. We're in good hands!

God Bless America and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend like I did :D