Unity through trials
We've loved our ward since we moved here. This has been the best ward, for us, that we've ever been in. That's significant because we really loved our last ward, too. We feel that we belong here, though. We have good friends in this ward, many people that we get along really well with. I've especially made some wonderful "girl" friends here who love so much.
This summer was hard for our ward. We had one really devastating tragedy; one of those things that, even though it didn't directly happen to you, you know will change you forever. The night it happened I remember crying with my friends on the phone, praying with them, brainstorming ways we could help the people going through it. Our hearts were broken, we were all desperate to fix it. Church that Sunday was very solemn and intensely spiritual where, as a Ward family we talked about it, and discussed the Gospel principles that could help them (and us) through it. Now I can see how that and a few other things that happened within the ward united us. The ward feels even more like a family. Healing is still happening, but even now we can see how we all pull together.
In our marriage, we've seen the same principle. One of the biggest struggles we had was infertility early in our marriage. Since 14 years old I was told that I may never have children. Even having advanced warning of those problems didn't help much when it all came down to it and we wanted nothing more than to be parents. Matt was a bit stronger than I was, but it was hard on both of us- both the uncertainty of it, and the many procedures and medications we tried in those years. Now, with our house buzzing with our 3 little miracles, that seems like a lifetime ago. But the strength we found leaning on the Lord and on each other is still there. Our relationship is a good, solid, blissfully happy one. Every difficulty we work through has bonded us more strongly together, and for that I'm grateful.
Even on an individual level, or maybe ESPECIALLY on an individual level, it's easy to see how the trials we have in our lives unite us more with the Lord as we lean on Him. There is so much beauty in the Gospel.
This summer was hard for our ward. We had one really devastating tragedy; one of those things that, even though it didn't directly happen to you, you know will change you forever. The night it happened I remember crying with my friends on the phone, praying with them, brainstorming ways we could help the people going through it. Our hearts were broken, we were all desperate to fix it. Church that Sunday was very solemn and intensely spiritual where, as a Ward family we talked about it, and discussed the Gospel principles that could help them (and us) through it. Now I can see how that and a few other things that happened within the ward united us. The ward feels even more like a family. Healing is still happening, but even now we can see how we all pull together.
In our marriage, we've seen the same principle. One of the biggest struggles we had was infertility early in our marriage. Since 14 years old I was told that I may never have children. Even having advanced warning of those problems didn't help much when it all came down to it and we wanted nothing more than to be parents. Matt was a bit stronger than I was, but it was hard on both of us- both the uncertainty of it, and the many procedures and medications we tried in those years. Now, with our house buzzing with our 3 little miracles, that seems like a lifetime ago. But the strength we found leaning on the Lord and on each other is still there. Our relationship is a good, solid, blissfully happy one. Every difficulty we work through has bonded us more strongly together, and for that I'm grateful.
Even on an individual level, or maybe ESPECIALLY on an individual level, it's easy to see how the trials we have in our lives unite us more with the Lord as we lean on Him. There is so much beauty in the Gospel.
posted by The Rummler Family at
12:53 PM
1 Comments:
This is lovely, just LOVELY. Thanks for sharing your thoughts... :) xoxo
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