Written on November 5, 2015

Surrounded by beautiful things to look at, I  stare at the mountains, the sky, and all of the wonderful people surrounding me. How was I blessed to look at such beautiful  of mountains, why such amazing of people. Why was I blessed with such wonderful of things. Why are the skies so blue, the clouds so white, and the colors so pungent. Why in a world as awful, terrifying, wicked, and crude, why would it be full of such beauty, love, and goodness. Why in such a place, would God place us to learn. Why would he know to do such a thing. That it would be the best place for us to learn. That we could not learn what we need to and become who we are, in a place rich with despair, sickness, and hate, would God place people loving, kind, and pure, to teach others to be so. Why would humble circumstances make a man mighty and mighty circumstances make a man to be humbled. How could a man as mighty, wonderful, and loving as God is, allow us to be broken, bloodied, and barren. How did he know that through such hard circumstances, situations, and people, we would come to know him, come to know right, come to know Christ, and come to know him.  What would he mean to teach us by putting us through hardship, sorrow, and grief. If not to know, love, charity, Christ, and sympathy. If not meant to learn, grow, and return to God, what else? What is the most important thing? What would a life as long and short, beautiful and horrid, as this life is, mean to merely, well, us? Why would we know such heartache, well knowing such strength. Riches, while knowing such humility. Splendor while knowing such space. If Heavenly Father meant for us to be so strong, he meant for us to be weak, too. He meant for us to gain strength and power, while knowing who was behind all of this strength and power. He knew that we would need to have help, hurry, and honor. He knew we would need a guide, a compass, and friend. These would sometimes not be needed, this is a familiar path, we may walk alone. But, we would come to know, that even in the easiest of times, our guide was following us all along the way, ready to spring on any threat, help us through any difficulty, and teach what we needed to learn. And oddly enough, we were not given a perfectly marked path, but one with detours and confusion, pitfalls, and hardship, but not without plenty of joy, compassion, perseverance, and love.