Where I Stand

It has been nearly a year since I last posted and, needless to say, a lot has happened since then. Experiences have piled up and changed how I see the world, just like they're supposed to. Now I feel like I need to say where I stand. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I have a solid foundation. Nothing can shake me because I have worked to know what I do today. I also believe that a lot of good things and a lot of bad things are well on their way. There won't be any more time to sit on the fence as the world is pulled into separate moral extremities. As this happens, it will become all the more critical for each of us to know where we stand. Let me tell you where I will be.

I stand on God's side. I may not be perfect and quite frankly, it seems like the harder I try the harder it gets, but I know that through it all I want God to be able to look down on me and say, "there's a daughter I know I can count on." I have reached the point where the opinion that matters most to me is the Lord's. I have worked very hard over the past few years to learn for myself that, yes, He is real, He does know me, and He loves me more than I have the ability to comprehend. I know it. No one can take that from me. So come rain or shine, I'll be on His side. 

It seems to me that the devil is working over time. I looked out into the faces of my friends at church last week as I taught a lesson with a friend of mine and saw tired eyes. Lack of sleep could most definitely have been a factor, but I do not doubt that the devil is working away at wearing down the souls of man. We need to stand together more than ever. We can't give up! The fact is, when we're with God, we're on the winning side. We already know how the story ends. It's the getting there that's a little tricky. Never give up.

Through it all I stand with God. Where do you stand?