Blessed

I am too blessed. About a year ago, I would have mistaken all these blessings for trials. For merely having to make decisions between these blessings. Now, while at times I do feel kind of overwhelmed, it is mostly because these choices are all too good. They all require hard work, but that is something that I have learned to do more and more of recently. For that I am extremely grateful.  

With President Monson's announcement of lowering the age of missionaries, another potential blessing has presented itself to me. I've planned on serving a mission since I was 16, but even this past Saturday morning at 10:00 am I thought I had another year and a half before submitting my papers to serve a mission. As of 10:15 am on Saturday, my mind has been racing a mile a minute thinking of all the possibilities the Lord has given me. 

I am blessed to have a Heavenly Father who is completely aware of His children and what they need. 

I am blessed to have a Savior who understands me and loves me, and has given me a way to become like him. 

I am blessed with a knowledge that the gospel of Jesus Christ is the true gospel on the earth, and that the prophet Joseph Smith restored it through the keys of the priesthood. 

I am blessed with parents who have given me everything because they have testimonies of the gospel and are obedient to God. 

I am blessed with siblings who are stellar examples of disciples of Jesus Christ, for that I am grateful. 

I am blessed to have a testimony of prayer and the faith to know that Heavenly Father is waiting for me to reach out to Him with my thoughts and worries and excitements.

I am so excited for the coming year, I can hardly stand it.