Why?

When I mentioned to a friend about Jake going on his mission for 2 years and told him I won't be able to see him or talk on the phone with him for those 2 years. I was ask why would a young man be crazy enough to leave his family for 2 years to go and teach about a religion and why would his family let him go?

This question made me think. I had so many answers to his question that I couldn't think of where to start.

Well here's 5 reasons why...

1. Heavenly Father (who loves him more than his own parents) let him go to earth to live for a lifetime with his family. All He asks is to borrow him back for 2 years of that lifetime, in order to be an instrument in His work and serve Him. They would be selfish not to let him go.

2. He is blessed with the knowledge of the truth. Why would he keep that to himself?

3. If the message he has wasn't true, then why would he go and sacrifice so much for something that was made up; It is worth it.

4. The blessings that him and his family will receive for his 2 year sacrifice, will be enumerable.

5. Because he was called of God to do so.

At times when we are given a calling, or a trial or a warning by God, we ask WHY? Why me? Why now? Why this? Why that?....We must remember that we are never given a trial we cant handle, a calling we can't fulfill, or a warning we won't later need. There is a purpose for all that we are given, all that we do, and all that is taken from us. We are strategically placed in our lives and in our situations for a reason. We may not ever know the answers to our questions: Why we had to suffer? Why they had to die? Why I have to go? or Why this happened to me? in this life, but we will one day know....WHY?

Leaving the Past Behind Me

We all have a past. We've all made mistakes. But why is it so hard to forgive ourselves for the bad choices we've made before. Life's ups and downs come and go, but without them how can we grow? I may not be the girl I used to be because life's trials has taken a tole on me. I've wondered off the path and by God's grace was lead back home. I am far from perfect but by the time I'm through I plan to be better than I ever was before.

"The past is to be learned from but not lived in. We look back to claim the embers from glowing experiences but not the ashes. And when we have learned what we need to learn and have brought with us the best that we have experienced then we look ahead and remember that faith is always pointed toward the future."-Jeffery R Holland

They say no good thing lasts forever, but that's what eternity is for.

Just one of those days

Photo by: Sheryl Seiler

Some days you have to just sit back and realize the beauty around you. There is so much in this beautiful world that we take for granted. We look over so many simple yet marvelous creations. We must learn to be thankful for the little things in life. In a city it is easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of cars and people on the streets in a forest of concrete sky scrappers yet when you step back and look at the big picture, its true beauty is found.

Thoughts

There are times in our lives when we face trials or experience something that makes us grow up. Although we may never realize how much we need these hard times until after we see the end result, they still serve a purpose. Sometimes we have to reach rock bottom and walk on our own for a while in order to have the will to climb our way to the top. Our ability to reach the top was always there within us, yet our perspective of our capability to reach that peek changes when we have nothing to lose. We must experience failure, heart ache, and sorrow in order to fully be grateful for the good times in our lives. We know that we make mistakes to learn from them. So why do we beat ourselves up for making them. Learn to move on, but never forget. If you don't like what you did the first time, do it differently the second time, until you get it right. Life was never meant to be easy. If this life is a test, we must experience it in order to know how to learn how to survive it. Experience pain to learn tolerance. Experience failure to learn endurance. Experience heart break to learn compassion. In doing so, we will not only build strength to endure future trials, but we will be able to help others through these trials as well. Never give up. Never ask why. Never say never.

-Sheryl Lynn Seiler

Friends

Friends are a blessing when good times turn bad.
They are a shoulder to cry on when you are sad.
Someone who will listen when you need to vent.
The one your parents call to ask where you went.

God couldn't be here so he made us a friend.
Now we will stick together till the bitter end.
I love my friends with all my heart,
And I always pray for them when we are apart.
(written: June 2006)

I'm Sorry BFF (written: 1/11/09)

You promised me that you would never leave

You never lied so I still believe

You said you loved me and I broke your heart

I heard you cry as it ripped you apart

I did everything to deny our fate

But now that I love you it's to late

You were my angel sent from God up above

To let me know how it feels to be loved

At night I wait for you to call on the phone

But then I remember that you're not home

I know that you're in a better place

I can't wait for the day I will see your face

For so long I kept my feelings inside

When I said I didn't love you...I lied.

Family

The beat of our hearts are in sync

The blood in our veins is our link

Always there to catch me when i fall

Someone who will love me through it all

When my heart needs mending you make the suture

We have the same past though we rule the future

Our love is eternal and there is no end

Your my brother, my sister, more than a friend

Despite what you are told, it is not impossible to find your way back when you have reached the point of no return...Life is full of second chances, you just have to be humble enough to notice them...and if you are lucky enough to be given a second chance take advantage, life is too short to wait for another...It is hard to not be discouraged when you feel as though you have wondered so far off the path that there is no way you can find your way back...When you feel nothing but shame and can no longer recognize the person in the mirror...When your trials weigh you down to your knees...you are in the perfect position to pray...

Kiss of a Rose

The smell of a rose though it may be sweet

Just like Love can knock you off your feet

Hidden behind the great beauty that it shows

Its thorns can hurt you but no one knows

Not until you are pricked will you feel the pain

Even though it hurts its beauty is the same

You try to reach it and that's when you start to bleed

Though it hurts you still try but you still cant succeed

Just like love is this rose that we want to attain

Will hurt you and make you bleed but we cant abstain.

Original Posted 3/12/2007 5:46 PM