Sunday Lesson

Not last Sunday but the Sunday before I went to Church by myself as I do every Sunday since Derek is not here with me. Have you ever experience going to church by yourself. Not to mention that I was going to a new ward. My ward starts at 1pm and I have to be to work by 1:45pm every Sunday so I just go to the ward before ours.

So #1 I am going by myself and #2 I am going into a ward with no one I know. I hate this feeling! I struggled so hard getting my bum up and going to make it to church on time knowing that this was going to be one hard day.

Of course it was hard at first because as sweet and welcoming everyone is .... it is hard to tell everyone the truth "I am here in this ward because I have to go to work today and can't make it to my ward." Yeah I am sure no one judged me for that one!

Then I went to Sunday school and that is always awkward because you look around the room for a place to sit and I don't know about you but I usually try to find a seat with empty seats on both sides or sit next to someone who looks like they won't talk to me!

Then came Relief Society where it is inevitable everyone is going to get all up in your business.....figure out who you are, why your there, and what they can do to help you in your time of need (whether you have needs or not). I do love Relief Society.

During Relief Society though there was a great speaker and it was fast Sunday so she gave a lesson on her choice. She gave a lesson from the talk given by Jeffrey R Holland in the October 1999 General Conference "An High Priest of Good Things to Come".

It is a great talk. The one thing that stuck out to me most was this line...." I say: Hold on, Keep trying, God loves you. Things will improve."

I thought to myself....what a great thought for me right here, right now, when I am alone, and my husband is far away. I just thought that this was what I needed to hear. I think a wife of any college student needs to hear this!

I know times can be hard, lonely, trialing, and frustrating, but we are never alone, we need to always endure to the end, and know that God loves us and things will get better!