Give it to him...

The other week I was having a particularly bad week. I was feeling really depressed and horrible about myself and I just felt overwhelmed with life. I guess my mother-in-law noticed because she came up and asked me if i was okay. I told her not really and talked to her about some of the things that were on my mind and she said, "sometimes you just have to give it all to Heavenly Father, just tell him you can't do it anymore and to please take it all away." That was exactly what I needed to hear at the time. It was such a relief, she didn't try to solve my problems she simply told me to give it to Christ and TRUST. I had been overloading my brain with what I was going to do to FIX all the things I'd been stressed about. I had forgotten I don't have to fix it! Heavenly Father already knows exactly what I need! I just have to put my life in his hands doing what he asks of me, let go of my worries and just press forward with TRUST. I make life so much harder by trying to do it on my own. But Heavenly Father is really there and EAGER to help us. He knows what we need and he is ready to give it to us through our faithfulness. I have felt his hand in my life countless times. He makes impossible things possible and our weaknesses into strengths. (and man do I need that!) I am so grateful for the Atonement, without it we would all be lost and hopeless. I am so grateful my savior suffered for my sins and all my sorrows so that I can go to him and not have to suffer. (D&C 19:16) I am so unworthy of it, and so imperfect but I do know that our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ love us so much. They are ALWAYS there, and they want to bless and help us. In them we will find peace amongst all the craziness of being humans in this fallen world. Also... Little things DO matter. "There is no such thing as a small act of kindness" -Marjorie Pay Hinckley. That tiny comment that my mother in law said to me made all the difference in my whole week and helped me pick myself back up and keep going and taught me an important lesson. Sometimes all people need is a simple comment or hug or something small. I think it was Mark Twain that said, "I can live 3 months on a good compliment" Sometimes I feel like I have to do something big to serve someone but a life full of service and love is full of small moments of caring about others. Thanks Lynne :)