Another week has past by for the Meynders family. It was pretty interesting to say the least. I started out the week with an internal customer of mine really not happy with me and who called my boss complaining. Lily and Eden almost drowned, Lily and Eden got sick, We went wedding band shopping (I lost mine in Oregon, we sold rachel's in Charlotte) and no place we went had one our sizes, we tried to get our favorite icecream and they were all out. It just didn't seem to get any better. But then I had a chat with a co-worker. I told her all about my week and I realized how awesome my week really was.
We as a family really love each other. Sometimes tough things happen, and in the moment we are not sure how to deal with them. But then soon after we realized that there was a specific lesson we were suppose to learn from that particular experience, or number of experiences. Sometimes this takes a few hours, sometimes it takes years. But the important thing is that we are reflective, trying to understand what the Lord wants us to learn. To have this perspective, we must have a belief in our Heavenly Father, His plan, and we must act upon that believe and hope. Without this belief in Christ to Action, it is very difficult to recognize trials and specific learning blessings, helping us become Gods with our Heavenly Father. If we have faith that this life is like College for becoming a God, we recognize that each trial, blessing and general experience is some part of the lesson, homework and tests. Just like at college, we don't pay 10s of thousands of dollars to be mad that we are tested. We are grateful to measure what we have been learning, trying our hardest to show what we have understood. As a mentor I had would say, it is all how we twist the crystal. How do you view your current experience. Is it a negative view, or positive. Do you express your faith in the plan of salvation and or fail to remember your father in Heaven. We are typically somewhere in the middle. if we can shorten the transition time where we are not applying faith and having a negative attitude to where we begin to have a positive outlook and faith in His plan, the more we can learn and the more we can grow as children of God.
"thats what IIII'mmmmmm Talkiiinnnnnggg aboouuuuuutt!" Gru.
Love you both.
Chad
