Ether 12:27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.
As I progress in this life I realize it is a blessing not a curse. We need weakness to realize the greatness of our God, we need weakness to be equals as brothers and sisters, we need weakness to be humble and receive grace. My weaknesses can still get me down sometimes but I think if I learn to turn to the Lord it will bring me up instead of bring me down!
My husband is probably reading this thinking, "Alright what did you eat?"
"Pizza babe, I broke down and got pizza for me and the kids last night. It's just you were gone and I didn't have dinner plans and this challenge has been hard on the kids too and ok ok I am totally making excuses. I messed up and I don't know what it is about pizza but we were all crabby afterwards so it did not make for a great night."
I am learning to overcome and I don't expect myself to be perfect on day 3 anymore! I have done that in the past and it only gets me down. In the past I would give up on my goals if I made even small mistakes, which is not what I want. I want to have patience and love for myself as I strive for a higher way of living. I also want others to know that it's ok to fall when we are learning to walk. It's part of the process and it really does help us to become better and to have compassion and understanding for others!
I think what I learned last night is that I need to have a meal plan for every meal for me and my family. That way I can't reason with myself, "We don't have a plan for dinner so obviously the ONLY option in PIZZA!" I need to write down what we are going to eat that day for every meal and make necessary preparations so that I know without a doubt what we are eating!
Ok so today's meal plan is...drum roll please...
Breakfast Oatmeal or smoothie
Lunch Salad
Dinner steamed veggies, chicken, and quinoa
Ok now that that's settled. I hope everyone has a merry and bright day! Try to make a meal plan, we all have weaknesses, pizza isn't totally evil, turn to the Lord, we are so blessed!!! I love you all.
Love, Caryssa
P.S. Dana we lil boots and we love pizza!!
P.S.S. Everett I promise I'll do this!!!
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