Let's start off with a testimony
I've been really thinking hard about what I wanted my first blog post to be. Since it is my first one, I felt pressure (which is kind of ridiculous haha) to make it as incredible and mind-blowing as possible. But then I came to the realization that I'm not writing this on behalf of anyone else- I can write about whatever I want to write about. So, in honor of my new blog, I am going to kick it off with a sappy spiritual post.
We all have different struggles and we all deal with them in different ways. And, probably for most of us, they have made us stronger and turned us into the people we are today. I don't want to have a pity party here for myself about the hardships I've been through, but instead share my testimony of the strengthening and enabling power of the Atonement.
Since I was 12 years old, I have struggled on and off with an eating disorder, which is a condition that affects about 3% of the population (I googled that). I have had some of the darkest times in my life where I felt so unlovable and lost. I was scared. Actually, petrified. I felt I had sunk deeper than I could ever escape, where no one could get to me, and where the light of Christ's Atonement could never shine... but that was the opposite of the truth. It was in the hardest and scariest times of my life that the Lord's hand reached out for me.. It was after those difficult times that I felt my testimony strengthen and the faith in my Savior grow. After every relapse and every downfall, He was always there to pick me up, dust me off, and send me on my way to bigger and better things. I cannot express to you enough how powerful the Atonement is! Our Savior and Heavenly Father love us so much, and they will NEVER desert us, even when we feel we are not worth saving. I love my Savior and Father in Heaven with all my heart. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true gospel. Please always remember that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ will always be waiting for us with outstretched hands and welcoming arms... all we have to do is take the first step.
This video is AMAZING. Take 3 minutes of your life to watch it, you won't regret it :) --------> It is Never Too Late, Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Love,
Sara
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