Foundation

"ROCK BOTTOM BECAME THE SOLID FOUNDATION ON WHICH I REBUILT MY LIFE." -J.K. Rowling

I used to believe I knew what rock bottom felt like, that is, until September.

We all plan out our life.  Even if we don't say it out loud all the time.  How many kids we would like to have, where we will be in 5/10 years, what our occupation will be, and so on. I'm not sure any of us expect to be blindsided by the trials life throws at us, nor can we prepare ourselves for how it's going to affect the plans that we have all made.  Sometimes we may even wish we could pick and choose our trials so that our lives went according to the "plan". Wouldn't that make life so much easier?

Easy is not the point.  Easy is not for you or for me.  We were all made strong. Stronger than any of us can even comprehend. And I believe it is not possible to recognize that strength until we do hit our "rock bottom."   It is through these really really hard times that we all experience, that we are able to tap into that strength and truly learn and grow into the person we were meant to be.  But we have the choice.  "Victories do not happen by accident."  We either choose to give up on ourselves, our family, and God....or we choose to take the trials we've been given and CHANGE.  Can we do this alone? Absolutely not.  Christ will carry you through, if you allow him to. Friends and family will step in and  give you words of support and listen to you when you need a listening ear.  People you don't even know will send you sweet words of encouragement and prayers.

I know this because this past month I have experienced it. I cannot put into words the feelings that I have experienced this month, but I know that I NEVER would have made it this far without Christ, friends, family, and even strangers I have come across.

So will this strength keep us from falling apart or feeling like all is lost? Not always. Those feelings will naturally creep in and it is then that we need to remember our strength. The strength that God has put in each of us.  It is then that we need to take those rock bottom feelings and start building our foundation that will carry us through eternity. 


Doctrine and Covenants 121:7-9
"My son, peace be unto thy soul; thine adversity and thine afflictions shall be but a small moment; And then, if thou endure it well, God shall exalt thee on high; though shalt triumph over all thy foes.  Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands."