The Bountiful Gal - Standing For Truth

 "It was the witness of the Spirit of the coming Atonement which saw Job through the tests life is intended to include for all of us.  That is part of the great plan of happiness the Father gave us.  He allowed His Son to provide, by His atoning sacrifice, the hope that comforts us no matter how hard the way home to Him may be." (Paul V. Johnson, "More Than Conquerors through Him That Loved Us," Ensign or Liahona , May 2011, 78-79) Job is one of those men I look at in the scriptures and wonder how, after losing everything, could he respond the way he did.  He was firm in the faith.  He never doubted.  He allowed life to happen and then continued forward towards Christ no matter how much pain life caused him.  I wanted to face life the way he did.  I wanted to be able to just trust God no matter what happened to me.  I knew things would be black and white and I'd be able to just say, I know, and that would change everything. But what I didn't...

This picture sums up my week and my last few months - GIRLS CAMP!!  The good, the bad, and the most wonderful all in one week.  It takes a year of planning normally and yet we pulled it off in less then 3 months due to Covid.  There were many nights of not sleeping and stressing over how it was going to work out.  Many week after week meetings making sure we as leaders were all on the same page.  Last minute texts making sure we had gotten everything.  And then, even as we were taking this picture on the very first morning, I was panicking about how it was all going to work out.  And yet, these few days of girls camp were one of the best weeks I have had in a very long time.  It took all my physical strength, but yet my spirit was more alive than it's been in years.  My spirit would rejuvenate my body and give me the physical strength to keep going.  You may ask, how is that so?  And my simple answer is - SERVICE! For 5 years now I ...