Life Comes in Seasons.

I've been thinking about my life and just how it has been playing out a lot lately.

It occurred to me that the Lord has been preparing me long before I even realized it. Everything that has happened over the past couple of years has been leading directly to something else. 

Exactly two years ago I was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

I thought I knew how my life from that point would play out.

Then the boy I was dating left on his mission.

It was hard.

Then I met the boy who was to be my husband.

I abandoned the plans I had made for myself and got married to this incredible man.

I transferred to BYU.

I changed my major.

And my life plans are completely different.

How is it that I saw none of those things coming, but the Lord knew exactly where I was supposed to be and where I was going?

Sometimes I get caught up in the lull of my everyday life, but then a moment of clarity will come and I realize that my life is changing. I go through the seasons of life and don't even take a minute to realize it until after it is over. 

I want to spend my life enjoying every moment as it comes, but also knowing that there is so much more coming.

I am so grateful for my life and for all who have influenced it. I am grateful for the past two years and all I have learned. I am grateful for the testimony I have of Jesus Christ and of His divine mission here on the earth to atone for my sins. I am grateful for missionary work, and member missionary work. I am grateful for the temple. For eternal marriage. I am grateful for my husband who continues to help me grow closer to God. There is no greater feeling than to look back on your life and love where the Lord has brought you. He has been there through my trials and my triumphs and I am so grateful for the peace He has brought me.