Being Appreciative

Today at church was testimony/fast Sunday. It's so weird sometimes because it seems as if those testimonies are meant for me. I really felt the prompting to go up there and say something but everytime I was going to make an attempt to go someone else was already going. I know, no excuse.

Anyway, the "theme" was about being humble and appreciating what you have. I recently went to my SIL's house and she has this "humungo" ( I know, not a word...Lol), house. My whole life I've watched other people have huge houses that I would like my family to live in. Our goal as a family is to move out of this tiny house we're in by next summer. It's proving hard to do because of our bills and because of how much income we take home. Cesar has us on a strict budget which I am happy about because he can control spending better than I can. I've never been really good at budgeting. I am when there's a goal in mind. Like when we were going to Cancun, I saved up almost $500 worth of spending money. I ended up not using all of it and had a good amount left over. That was fun! But back to the subject, like one of the members said today, Heavenly Father doesn't love me less because I live in a tiny house. I have to keep reminding myself that we are lucky to have a house to live in that has an air conditioner, washer/dryer, stove to cook on, TV with cable to watch and a computer to use with the internet. We have all these little things that I forget to be greatful for. Besides, we have what we have because Heavenly Father knows what we can handle. I know that in the end, His will will be done. I have a lot to be greatful for in my life. While I covet material things I am forgetting about the eternal things that will be with me for eternity. It shouldn't matter what we have in life because if we don't have our families there really isn't much to live for. The gospel reminds us to not forget about Jesus Christ who gave up His life for us to be able to return to Heaven with our families back to our Heavenly Father. I am greatful for our church which provides us a chance to take the sacrament and repent of our wrongdoings for the week. Heavenly Father loves us so much that he gives us many chances because He knows we are just plain ole human beings. I try to live my life to the best I can following the gospel, but there are those little temptations that always get me. It's those little things that Satan uses to reel us in and I hate that I have those temptations. But I know that as long as I do try my best He'll bless us.

I leave this testimony to you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen