"How much of life do we miss by waiting to see the rainbow before thanking God that there is rain?" -Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Grateful in Any Circumstances
Yesterday we had a fabulous day in the rain. As we traveled and tried to figure out what the Lord wanted us to do, we kept running into all these crazy mis-haps that we had to fix in the rain! Not going to lie, we were really excited to dance in the rain at the beginning, but being forced to do certain things in the rain takes away from the excitement.
It wasn't until later that night, when Sister Jacobson and I realized that the rain and all the trials we went through were part of God's plan so that we could end up right where we needed to be by the end of the night.
We were grumpy during the day, but as we realized that we missed the good things happening through the day because of our attitude, so we changed it immediately. We should have thanked God continually for the rain we were receiving, not just afterwards looking back.
It is hard to think in the moment of the good things, but they are always there. I know that as each of us strive to look for the good things in life during the hard times, that we will be able to see God's hand in our lives. God never abandons us. He will never leave us alone. He loves each one of us.
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