Facing Challenges
I wonder sometimes why we get to face the challenges that we do. Obviously some are self inflicted, some are the result of other's choices, some people are born with, and some just seem to happen. A friend once told me that she pictured each of us being called one by one into Heavenly Father's office before birth and together we discussed what challenges we would face, all laid out for us despite the fact that we wouldn't be able to remember the meeting. I imagine that I had a small amount of say in the choices that I faced, and I imagine that maybe Heavenly Father turned down some of my proposals and made plenty of his own because he knows what is best for me. My friend said that in her meeting she probably was too ambitious and asked the Lord to face too much, and knowing that she was a strong spirit let her, and that is why her life seems so very difficult. I have a nephew who recently told me of an analogy. Each of our challenges are like a baking ingredient, salt or ...