For good.

In our lives, we meet certain people who help us become who we need to be. They help us for better. We learn things from them that we couldn't learn from anyone else. And sometimes we teach without knowing. Like, this year, for instance. I'd met *Jane before, in one of my classes in ninth grade, but I can't remember if she transferred out second semester or not. Anyway, this year she was in my seminary class, both semesters. That rarely happens, where I have seminary with someone full year (because we've got so many teachers and students, it's hard to keep classes the same). And Jane thanked me at the end of second semester, because I'd been there the whole year and she had learned a lot from me. I didn't even know that I had that much of an influence on her. I was just being myself. She's a sweet girl and I'm glad I was able to help her. Also, on the flipside, several people in my seminary class and other classes helped me out just by being themselves and a good example to me. But that just shows how life is: God puts people in our paths to help us learn and grow, even if they have absolutely no idea. 

A really good example of this is the song For Good from Wicked:

I've heard it said

That people come into our lives

For a reason

Bringing something we must learn 

And we are led to those who help us most to grow

If we let them

And we help them in return

Well I don't know if I believe that's true

But I know I'm who I am today

Because I knew you

...

And, because I knew you

Because I knew you

I have been changed

For good

*Name has been changed

Fitting in. Or not.

I love this quote! It's comforting to me. I don't fit in sometimes because I wasn't meant to. The Lord has a plan for me and He's guiding me through it. I also know that I'm never alone, even if I am literally or figuratively. He is always there to comfort me. 

Faith, hope, and charity.

Today in seminary we talked about Moroni 7. In the first verse it says "And now I, Moroni, write a few of the words of my father Mormon, which he spake concerning faith, hope, and charity" and I underlined faith, hope, and charity, because that is what the whole chapter is about. It is what the gospel is about: how we need to have faith in Jesus Christ, and hope that we can make the world a better place using charity, which is the pure love of Christ. 

Stand in holy places.

I was listening to a song, entitled "Stand in Holy Places", that our Young Women's group sang last year, and it's been over a year since we sang it, but as I was listening to the beginning intro I remembered it! And I sang the song along with the track. And part of the lyrics just hit me: "The Lord is coming quickly; we're preparing for His reign; we'll keep our lives sacred as we stand in holy places". And it was a great reminder to me that He is coming, and soon. So we need to stand in holy places, and keep our lives sacred so that we'll be ready when He comes again. 

I feel my Saviour's love for me.

I feel my Saviour's love for me through other people, especially my mom and all the women in my life that I look up to. Through their examples, and the love that they have for me, I feel my Saviour's love. Just like the primary song, "I feel my Saviour's love In all the world around me His Spirit warms my soul Through everything I see He knows I will follow Him Give all my life to Him," I am able to feel His love for me as I walk through the world, and as I follow the example of the women that I look up to. I love that Heavenly Father knows exactly how to help me feel His love. 

Forgiveness.

I can always be forgiven. No matter what I do, or how far I stray. It may take time for me to heal, but I can be forgive. The same is true for you. You can always be forgiven, no matter what you do. It may take time for you to heal, but you can be forgiven. Heavenly Father wants you to find and come to Him or to come back to Him. He is filled with so much mercy and love and gives second chances to us all the time because He wants us all to return home to Him.