MY HEAVENLY FATHER LOVES ME


whenever i hear the song of a bird or look at the blue, blue sky
whenever i feel the rain on my face or the wind as it rushes by
whenever i touch a velvet rose, or walk by a lilac tree
i'm glad that i live in the beautiful world
Heavenly Father created for me

he gave me my eyes that i might see
the color of butterfly wings
he gave me my ears that i might hear
the sound of magical things
he gave me my life, my mind, my heart
i thank him reverently
for all of his creations for which i'm apart
yes, i know Hevenly Father loves me

this little primary song has been running through my head the last few days and i can't help but feel like they sum up all of my feelings in one simple little lyric. i truly have been so blessed and i am even more grateful for the perspective to be able to see that.

my list is so much longer than this, but i wanted to share with you some of the reasons why i feel so lucky for all that i have:

+ my best friend from the 7th grade just told me that she is expecting her first baby in february, and because i know how much she has always wanted to be a mom, i am so filled with excitement for her

+ speaking of babies, my beautiful sister-in-law will give birth to a beautiful baby girl this week, this little angel will be the 10th niece/nephew that i have been blessed to call one of "my babies" and i am so excited to meet her.

+ in studying my scriptures, i have been blessed to receive a lot of tremendous answers to prayers and questions that i have posed to Heavenly Father. there is no cooler sensation than to be reading a random scripture and fall into a verse that has meaning in it that you never expected.

+ i get to watch some of my most beautiful and dear friends who have waited so patiently to have someone amazing come into their lives and sweep them off their feet, actually have someone amazing come into their lives and sweep them off their feet. it truly is an answered prayer.

+ i have peace in my life and in my heart. and because i have that, i feel the spirit stronger than i have in a long time.

+ i have been blessed to be guided to new friends that i will have the opportunity to share my testimony with and i know they will also bring their own light and knowledge to my life and help to shape it.

+ i have a great mom and dad that are valiantly serving their mission in nauvoo, IL and i love them because i know that they pray for me and i know that they love me and i know that if ever i need to talk to them, that they will put it on speaker phone and let me cry and get it all out and then after my dad is done giving me advice my mom will follow up with a bunch of i love you's... that is such a blessing.

i'm so happy, i'm at peace, i'm blessed