Day 49

"Rather than passing through our trials, we must allow our trials to pass through us in a way that will sanctify us." Neal A. Maxwell.

What a profound perspective. If you've ever read his books, then you know that they are rich with pearls of inspiration and new ways of looking at old ideas.

A friend visited today and asked me about the book. Would that I had something new to report. Waiting is excrutiating, but I feel in my soul that the pathway will reveal itself soon, and doors will open. The story was penned through inspiration, I refuse to consider that it was all for naught, or that it was simply a gift to be enjoyed by me alone. Nope. There is a plan, and just because I don't see it from my limited view, doesn't mean it isn't there. "Faith is believing in things when common sense tells you not to." Isn't that the miracle? Or as Alma put it, "...therefore if ye have faith ye hope for things which are not seen, which are true." I don't see the path. I don't see the when, the how, or the who. Yet I know the path is there. "Dispute not because ye see not... rather be believing."

It's a good story. If this waiting period is a trial, then I pray that I allow it to pass through me,,, and that it will leave me a bit more sanctified in the process.