A day in the trenches

Life can certainly be a challenge.............question is are we up for it?? On certain days my answer is a resounding YES, and on others it sounds a little more like this..."Really do I need to be challenged today?" I am slowly learning that our life is what we make of it. The old saying, "The grass is greener on the other side", is so true sometimes. Being a mom is never easy no matter how many or few children you have. It is easy to compare yourself to women around you who look like they have it all together, I am a mom of 11 beautiful children, who are normal and not perfect, just like their mom. I have often looked at other women  and thought..........."She is so beautiful, she has the perfect figure, she is so talented, she is so Christlike, she is so funny, she is so smart, she is an amazing mother, she has an immaculate home, she is a wonderful cook, why can't I have it altogether like her, what is my problem. I think Satan has a way of making us feel inferior so we will stumble and fall. I found a quote on facebook from Thomas S. Monson that says, "If you don't believe in miracles perhaps you've FORGOTTEN YOU ARE ONE! I am going to print that out and hang it where I and my children can see it every day. To all those women I spoke about, I still feel those things about you, but I am beginning to feel some of them about myself as well : ).  I feel if we can always remember our divine nature it is easier to stand and rise to the call of motherhood, being a wife and most important....being a daughter of God. The trials will still be there and we may still have times that we doubt ourselves, but if we rely on the gifts that God has given us and share them with others it will help us through the trenches of daily life. I am so grateful for the knowledge that I have a Heavenly Father who loves me even when I feel unloveable, who comforts me when I am sad, who cheers me on when I have success, and who is always there even when I feel so alone. Life certainly has its mountains to climb, but the view when you reach the top is breathtaking. So, I'll continue to trudge on and break a sweat, and work hard for I long to have that breathtaking view in my sight.