Lately I have been feeling immensely grateful for the many blessings we have been given. There have been several events that have occurred that clearly prove to me that after the trial of our faith, the blessings will come. We have sometimes struggled in our faith but a few months ago we decided to put aside our doubts and truly have faith in the Lord. I will tell you that we have been greatly blessed since then, and our faith has been strengthened.
One such blessing is that we are moving back to our house in Kyle at the end of the year. This is something we have been eagerly anticipating, and expected to happen next May. It turns out that our renters will be moving out sooner so we get to move back to our home either in December or January - Hooray!! And while we have come to love Round Rock and the people up here, we have been missing our friends and family and look forward to being close again.
Another blessing that I am feeling especially thankful for right now is modern medical science and technology. We have several close family members that are in the hospital right now. Fortunately, their condition isn't too serious but they do need to be monitored for several days before going home. And as I thought about my family and how much they mean to me I realized that if we were living several hundred years ago these ailments that we don't consider life-threatening very well could be. And I thought about how I would've probably died when I was 17 with my appendicitis if not for the surgery I had - a surgery that is considered fairly simple today. I never would have gotten married or had my three beautiful children, and if I had then would I have made it through childbirth 3 times? Or even seen my children grow to the ages they are now? And if we survived all of that, I could have been widowed at 24 when Dan had his appendicitis. I'm not trying to be morbid, but I can't help but feel so grateful for our health insurance and the medical care we've recieved over our lives that has allowed us to live and be healthly. And it brings me so much comfort to know that our dear family members are recieving this care right now, in addition to our prayers and the blessings of the Lord.
I could go on and on about all that I am thankful for, but these are the thoughts that are foremost on my mind and I felt like sharing.
11 years ago
2 comments:
That will be fun to have your family back in the ward. How is Michelle's baby doing? I heard on Sunday that they thought she might have a UTI (which usually means bladder reflux if they're that young), and as you may know we have LOTS of experience with that.
Anna,
We love you and your love has a healing influence! Thanks for sharing and caring. We are blessed to have you in our lives and part of our family. We are very excited too that you will soon be moving back to Kyle.
Carla
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