It all works out in the end.....

Today I am thinking about a phrase that keeps rolling around in my head. The first is "It all works out in the end, and if it doesn't, its not the end." How true is that really? Very true my friends, very true. Really it just works out. The part I think we get stuck on as humans is that fact that its not working out NOW, or that its not working out the way WE want it to work out. I often laugh at myself when I am thinking those last two thoughts. Its funny that even as adults have what I call "adult temper tantrums" when we have to wait or when Our Father in Heaven tells us no. Funny how we can revert to childhood now and again. When its all over we realize that our Father knows exactly what he is doing, and WE DO NOT. Sure, we know right from wrong, we know how to work hard, we know how to keep on swimmin' but when it comes to what he has planned for us we are CLUELESS, or maybe I am the only one? I have heard so much that when crisis hits that we show who we really are. When everything falls apart is when we prove who we are. Sometimes we prove to be amazingly stupid, and other times we handle things with grace.I hope that I can do more of the grace and less of the stupidity. Hopefully we can realize that since "it all works out" that it will NOT last forever. Besides, there is always something waiting behind that particular trial- like for example---another trial--- so we can get LOTS of practice at handling disappointment, imperfection in ourselves and others, rough times, and things that we generally regard as "not fair!" So on a happy note we have been through a lot already and we KNOW we can get through more. These are times we can lean on each other, learn from ourselves and move forward being stronger people. Ever have someone tell you that this is part of the refiners fire? And all you can think is "I LIKE being a rock" (after all we cant ALL be diamonds right?) Well sorry to say, we actually ALL can, but we have to allow the pressure to create the person who our Father in Heaven wants us to be. Guess the path of least resistance is not ever the best choice. We all have life experiences that help us to "refine" who we are. Maybe some of us are hard learners so we have to learn the same lessons over and over again...I hope that wont be the case too many times but I guess it will be if need be!