I must repent.

This week was VERY difficult for me emotionally. I was so up and down and had ultimately settled into a place of bitterness. It's hard not to be when you feel so hurt by someone, but I knew that it wasn't healthy for me. By this morning I was overcome with it even as I headed out for church. I went to my cousin's homecoming and I was hit with a message that was just for me. She told of a family on her mission that was very righteous but had a lot of terrible things happen to them. She was confused and wondered where God was in all of this. Then while studying the scriptures she had to repent of those feelings because she found the answer in 2nd Corinthians, chapter 4.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in dispair;
Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us as far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Those scriptures just really hit me. I knew something would. As soon as I sat down in that meeting I felt like I was supposed to be there. I don't know why I'm surprised, this happens to me every week. I get a message that is just for me. During the week the weight of the world bares down on me, and usually by the weekend I am overcome. Thankfully that weight is lifted each Sunday just by attending my church meetings. I am uplifted and strengthened to be able to face the following week. A few weeks ago at the regional conference there was a phrase that really stuck out to me. It was, "Satan can't have a family and he wants yours." It was such a powerful statement. This phrase is on my mind constantly and gives me the drive to strengthen what's left of my family. In Aiden's own words, "There's still three of us." I feel the adversary is knocking at my door and I am not letting him in.