Forget Yo'self!

Some weeks it's amazing that you can make it out in one piece. I'll be completely honest and say that at this beginning of this week I was completely selfish. I was worried what was going on in my life and was too self consumed. God changed that real fast.

No longer my time. 

It's an amazing feeling when your time is no longer yours. God seems to be able to show us what really matters in the perfect-yet not so perfect-timing. And as strange as it is, it's great not having to worry about yourself anymore but rather see others the way our Heavenly Father would have us see them. It's not our timing that things occur in our lives when and where they do. But it's not on our account, it's God's.

Something that's hard to grasp.

One night, I was laying in my bed thinking how this was going to work out for me or how that is going to work out for me. Then I get a text from my best friend. She was asking us to pray and fast for another friend who would need the comfort of Christ. Then EVERYTHING changed. Everything that was about me, me, me just seconds ago changed to help, help, help. 

My friends are simply amazing. They really are. They go through things that I cannot even fathom but handle them with such grace and strength and look to the Lord in everything. No longer could I not sleep because of my selfish desires but rather how to help out someone in need. 

And even though my dear friend is going through something that she is handling with such strength, I have complete confidence that our Heavenly Father is working his magic up there and doing something that's best for her. Even if my heart aches for the situation she has been put in, I KNOW that this is something not only she is supposed to learn something from, but me as well. She is amazing and has such a positive attitude about life and everything that she is faced with. I admire her strength. 

Falling in and out of place.

I don't have a doubt in my mind that even though that everything was seemingly falling apart, it really was falling into place. In the darkest and most confusing of times of our lives, God is not leaving us helpless or lonely. He's there and it's time to do something about it. 

He is preparing us for something that is greater than we can ever understand. These trials that hit us right in the gut that seem like we can't walk or go any further, are preparing us for bigger and better things. We have to trust that if we keep walking (and sometimes stumbling) through it all, it will work out for OUR good.

Can't get it out of my mind. 

On one of the hardest of days, I couldn't for the life of me get this scripture out of my mind. But I know it helped me so much to get through the day. And bonus: it's scripture mastery!!

D&C 6:36

God is there friends. He will never leave us comfortless but sometimes we just need to Forget Yo'self and look to those we can comfort with the testimony of our Savior and King.

~Full of Smiles~

Now for some wicked photos of the good times this week even if it felt like this...

God must have a sense of humor for those hard days when you're scrolling through your news feed and see this!

Spontaneous sugar cookie making sesh. I dig Mike's face in this. 

Betcha can't guess which one(s) Mike chose to put down and which cookie cutter she wanted.

Even though this kid is more of an annoying little sister to me, bosses me around,  or pokes me in the face when I'm trying to sleep, I wouldn't change her for anything. I love this stinker. 

Hehe

I kinda don't really know. 

PAW PRINT!!! This people rock. Amazing advisor, editors, and journalists and we can all pull together to make a killer newspaper. 

The dang big pizza. Those slices were larger than my face. And yes we are using the selfie stick. #yourtypicalasian

When all the plates are gone...I present to you pizza in a cup. Pretty nifty actually.

The darndest best muffins I'd ever seen.

Because when it FLIPPIN FINALLY FRIDAY a F'real is definitely deserved with the bestie. 

When you go onto disneychannel.com without your parents permission...

#rebellife

I heart this. And not just because sharpies are amazing, but it is simply put. 

Prom was preeeettttyy great. Thanks Alex for asking me! Here's to the prom squad. 

And basically Luke's face describes how happy I was when I got a 4.0 for this quarter. Not too shabby for missing about 3 weeks from being sick to the amazing trip to Taiwan. Almost had an Asian freak out moment when I could've gotten a 3.9. #no4.0norice