I BELIEVE IN CHRIST

Since I last posted, we've welcomed Baby Luke into our family and are back in the full swing of things. I'll blog about his birth and our summer soon, but today I wanted to make sure I recorded some thoughts I have been having lately. That's why I blog anyways - is to keep hold of precious memories, thoughts, and happenings.

As I was driving home from the gym this morning, I was listening to my scriptures on my iphone- got to love technology today - and yes, that's how I have to squeeze it in most days. I was listening to Jacob 4.

Some things in that chapter spoke to me about things I have been personally learning and I wanted to share them. A friend of mine from highschool, Jelena, is deeply rooted in her own personal faith and she shares often her thoughts and convictions and I think I can learn from that. So here I am.

Since Luke was born I've been "struggling" to find balance. He is quite possibly the most perfect baby ever, however he's still a third child to care for. I still have to juggle his feedings, and his needs with those of Tyler and Chase. I have wanted to make sure to give each of them everything they need, while keeping up with life, my business, their activities, and Jeremy's schedule away from the home most nights.

I'm rather used to being capable of handling everything. I don't take on more than I can handle, and life is generally manageable. With life being so crazy, I prayed often to just be able to HANDLE it. I didn't want to eliminate things, I just wanted to be superwoman. My BRAIN was so overfilled with stuff, I couldn't remember ANYTHING. Being capable of handing it ALL wasn't the answer. I needed to eliminate.

During General Conference , this year, where we hear from the prophet and church leaders, I had an overwhelming feeling I just needed to remember life is simple. I decided at the end of each day, if I took care of my kids well, fed them healthy (that's important to me), and enjoyed them... I could be satisfied. I took facebook of my phone for now. I don't have anything against facebook, but I found that I would check it out of boredom on my phone while just sitting around. Replacing those moments of checking it with some quiet time has removed so much NOISE and clutter from my brain. Things have been better, I feel like life has been much more simple, and I can enjoy and handle things. (Maybe sleep deprivation is contributing to this all)

So fast forward to today's scripture reading in Jacob 4. Here are some verses that spoke to me:

7 Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our weakness that we may know that it is by his grace, and his great condescensions unto the children of men, that we have power to do these things.

10 Wherefore, brethren, seek not to counsel the Lord, but to take counsel from his hand. For behold, ye yourselves know that he counseleth in wisdom, and in justice, and in great mercy, over all his works.

I know that through the Atonement of Jesus, I am made whole, and he makes up for my short comings. I was reminded that I am not responsible for the power that I have to do the things that I do. I was shown my weakness of being crazy unbalanced to be reminded that through Christ I can do all things that are necessary, and that life is SIMPLE. I didn't need to "counsel" with the Lord and tell him I needed to be able to do everything, but that I need to take his counsel, that I need to remember life is simple. Life is about being happy, serving those you love, and the rest is just NOISE.

So there you have it. Life is SIMPLE. Christ makes up the difference.