So lately I've been feeling super grateful for my patriarchal blessing. Those things are amazing. There's some proof that God really knows YOU and what you most need to hear in life. I'll admit, when I was 16 and first got my blessing, not a whole lot stood out to me as far as guidance goes. But as life has gone on and I've been faced with new opportunities, challenges, and disappointments, it has been CRAZY to see the help I was given almost 10 years ago that is just now becoming relevant.
I'm terrible at anxiety. Absolutely terrible at it. When we decided to start having kids, after the first month of no baby, my mind went into freak-out mode and I started wondering what horrible disease I had that was preventing me from getting pregnant. Ha ha. Luckily, I have a loving Heavenly Father who knew I'd have this issue, and so he put some very specific stuff about having babies in this life into my blessing. I'll admit, this is a lot of what got me through those months.
I was blessed that I would always follow the prophets. At the time I was like, "uh, duh I'll follow the prophets. What Mormon isn't going to?" Ha ha. Silly naive 16 year old me. As recent events have come to light within the church, I'm now understanding that blessing! It's such a good reminder to me that those men are guided by the Lord. If they fall, He will not allow them to be in their position anymore. "Whether by mine own voice, or by the voice of my servants, it is the same."
I've gotten into the habit of reading my blessing weekly, and it has done wonders for me! Sometimes it's easy to get caught up in feeling that what I do on a day to day basis doesn't matter. After all, my days now are filled with changing diapers, making bottles, cleaning up spit up, and washing dishes. Not exactly the glamorous life, folks. But reading my blessing reminds me that being a mom is one of the greatest things I can do.
Bottom line- I'm so grateful that Heavenly Father has given each of us a personalized, one-of-a-kind blessing that is designed to help us through this tough thing called life, especially in today's world, where things are no longer black-and-white, sacrifices must be made, and the world and the church grow further and further apart in morals.
And now I'm going to add an Albus Dumbledore quote because 1-that man is a genius and 2- what would this blogpost be without a Harry Potter reference? You're welcome Scone.
"Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right."
