Dare to stand alone!

These are all pictures that I have taken while out hunting since my return from my mission. They all have one recurring theme.... What is that...

 All three of these pictures have the recurring theme of something standing alone!

This picture is an old grown over, beat up cabin. Even when we feel we are feeling old, beat up and alone we still have great beauty and purpose.

You have to look close but you can see one tree who has already changed colors! It's the "odd duck" of the trees, because it's "different." But in fact it is what most think as more beautiful. 

There has been one who has been counted as all of these examples. He has been seen as the greatest of all and the king of kings but has also been counted as the lowest of men.

Because of him it doesn't matter what we are called or how we're looked at, we can know who we really are. Just like the Savior was looked at as great in the eyes of some, but by some he was seen as not a great person. We know who we are  we know that we have the ability to grow closer to the savior and develope more of his great attributes! Let us all remember that we are daughters and sons of God. We don't need to let the things of the world distract us from our end goal in sight which is to become more like Jesus Christ and ultimately return to live with our Father in Heaven!

God is Good!!!

Two years goes so fast! I can't believe it's all over already! Coming home has been one of the hardest thing I have ever done, however at the same time my Heavenly Father has made it easier on me to adjust to home life. I got home July 30 and by august 4 he gave me two job options and let me choose, it has been a great job and he is constantly helping me to learn the duties of my job. The job I started working is in construction, in which I don't have a very deep knowledge of. God has helped me so much that he would teach me how to do the things my boss asked me to! And by his help I was able to do it right! God is so good that he has shown me little piece by little piece what I need to do now to be better off in the future! He is helping me get applied to school so I can start my career. On august 28 and 29 he helped me go back to North Carolina to go through the temple with a family I became good friends with, and there they became a family for all time and eternity! He has shown me miracle after miracle! I found this scripture that tells about how I feel:
Mosiah 25:10 "And again, when they thought of the immediate goodness of God, and his power in delivering Alma and his brethren out of the hands of the Lamanites and of bondage, they did raise their voices and give thanks to God." He has given me power to get through trials, he has delivered me from bondage, not from other people, but rather the bondage's of everyday life and the mistakes that we all make everyday! I have many reasons to raise my voice in praise and thanks to god for his goodness and mercy! I don't know about anyone else, but I lose sight of how great our father is way too many times in my day! My goal, and I hope it is all our goals is to Remember more everyday! I hope and pray that we will all share our praise of our Heavenly Father and his Son, our Savior Jesus Christ with someone who is feeling a little down or just post it on your Facebook page for all of your friends to see! I had a neat experience last weekend while I was in Salt Lake City, Utah. We went to general conference in the morning and had a long drive ahead of us back home to Nevada so we decided to stop in at McDonald's for a quick burger. As we were eating our food a man came and sat in the seat next to us with his dog. we started talking and I asked how his day was he said" oh not to good, yours?" I replied " it has been great! We just got to hear from our prophet!" and then went on to tell him the comforting words that our prophet spoke, as I was sharing this with him he started to smile and you could tell his depression and struggles started to melt away! he then opened up and went on to tell us how he has a hard life but that god helps him! He shared some special experiences that he had with us and as we kept talking and bringing it all back to the sacrifice of our Savior the spirit uplifted and comforted us all and showed us how we can be more happy! I know that the Spirit will help you in; having the courage that you need to share, in having the words to say, in comforting you as your nerves try to get in the way, and he will help you to know who to share this love with! I am grateful that he has helped me recognize his hand more in my life, and I hope that I can see his hand more in my life and in the life of those I come in contact with! Please dont forget to share with others! :)