New perspective

So counting down to Christmas,myself along with some other people in my life have decided to do 21 days closer to Christ. First of all, i recommend this book to ALL people. It is called 21 Days Closer to Christ by Emily Freeman. So each day you learn something about the Savior and a way you can come unto him and feel of his love for you. I have absolutely loved it. I am only on day 6 but its been a grand thing. I can feel the peace that comes from knowing my Savior even better. I know i am still only scratching the surface but i love that i can feel his love even more in my life.

so today was all about how Christ healed the blind man and gave him sight. Upon reading the story that is found in John 9,  there was  a part that really stuck out to me. It read in verse 3 that the blind man was blind so that " the works of God should be made manifest in him". How cool is that? God used him to teach the world of the grand power he posses. It goes on to talk about the fact that we all have dark times in our lives but if we take a step back and ask God to help us see what we are to learn, or for what purpose we have been given this trial, he will show us something. He will send us angels just as he did to the Savior in Luke 22: 43 when Christ was in his darkest hours. These angels can come through those around us or even complete strangers. President Heber J. Grant gave  a promise, and i can promise you that this promise is real..." The Lord will be always near you. He will comfort you; you will feel HIs presence in the hour of your greatest tribulation".

At the end of each chapter there is something they want you to ponder or try and realize in your life for the day. Today it was ask for your eyes to be open so that you can see some hard things in a different light. One of the many things i asked for was just to know that i was reaching people that i had felt lately i hadn't This is a very small thing but it illustrates my point. I went and posted another message on Facebook that i felt like i wanted to share and someone could need. Upon looking at the post i realized one thing, somehow my posts had been set at "just for me" not for everyone else to see. It was so great to realize that it wasn't that i was being ignored but that the setting was wrong. once i changed that, people let me know they appreciated the post. Like i said this is tiny but i know that this tiny, unimportant thing to so many was important to me and that the Lord knew this was important to me and opened my eyes.

i know this will work for everyone. So i challenge you to ask God to open your eyes and realize just how blessed you are and what a wondrous plan he has for you.