Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Wow, last night I was so discouraged. I was working on my website and everything kept going wrong. All this computer stuff is enough to turn me into a grey haired old woman! Hey, I'am a grey haired woman, but I try not to be to old. But I sure feel old when everything goes wrong. Once again I was ready to throw my hands up and quit.
Well, I went to bed to pray, read my scriptures, and see if I could find some comfort, strength, a lift, and some courage. After I read the scriptures, I picked up the Ensign that was sitting on my night stand and started to read an article about the Prophet Joseph Smith. It was about the night that a mob broke into Joseph's home, dragged him out into the street, beat him and covered him with tar and feather's. After the mob left him in the street, he had to pull tar from his face so he could breath. He stumbled home and for the rest of the night he and his wife Emma pealed tar from his broken body.
The next morning, instead of staying in bed to heal, he was out on the street preaching the gospel to the people. There were even members of the mob there listening to him. How many excuses could he have come up with that day to not even go outside. But he found strength in the Lord to get up and do his work.
I found that strength last night also. I sat and wept because of the Love that I felt from my Heavenly Father. I know I can keep learning all this 'computer stuff '. I'm still kind of scared of it, I know I will throw up my hands again at another time in the future and want to say "I QUIT"! Then I will do what I did last night and seek for divine help and strength to go on.
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