Heavenly Father Trusts You

Being a Relief Society President for a newly married ward may seem to be easier then other wards. Yes most of us are around the same age and most of us have families at the same stages. However since October when I was sustained as the Relief Society President I have noticed a few things. 1 never assume people have it all together. I have encountered situations where I thought wow that sister has it all together and is so strong. Then I come to find out why they are strong and also what their weakness are. Sometimes actually a lot of the time I struggle to understand what many sisters are going through. I have been very blessed in my life to have a supportive family, supportive and caring husband, and many blessing placed upon us at this time in our life. I have a blessing that states that I will have a "charmed" life if I live worthy. I never new what that meant at 16, however I knew I had a big job on this earth. Sometimes I feel that Heavenly Father trusts me with to much. Some moments I can not see or know what I am supposed to do. However I have known that through action I can make a difference.

Heavenly Father has trained me from a young age to act, pray, and then do. He always has me make a decision then to ask him if it right. For the most part he doesn't disagree. I have found that if you have a righteous decision God will bless you with the path you choose. For instance (as a women) we have the option to choose to go on a mission or not. Now that the age limit has been lowered to 19 I feel that many young women may face a choice. Should I stay or should I go. Many return missionaries may face rejection due to a young girl going on a mission rather then perusing a marriage at that moment.

Mission and marriage are NOT bad decisions, both have their places, and both can come sooner or later in life. For me I always thought I would serve a mission, however my husband came first. For me I didn't question whether to go on a mission or get married because I had the guidance of the Holy Ghost throughout the whole time I was dating my husband (which was 8 months). Then I continued to get that reassurance when we were engaged (which was 4 months). The age limit was still 21 and I did get married when I was 19 (almost 20) so I had at least 2 years before that pressure came on me.

The whole point of this post is that decisions are hard. The reason we are here is to make decisions and learn from them. However it is easy for use to regret our decision. As women we put a lot of pressure on ourselves to "make the right decision" when in fact Heavenly Father trusts you. He also Trusts you to trust him. Sometimes our path has a lot of bumps and sometimes our path doesn't. Those bumps/trials can come from some of our decisions. However we must remember that if the Lord said OK, then tomorrow it is still going to be a good decision.