Walk by Faith

So. Last week school ended.

and my sister graduated college. COOL, right?!?!?!?

but, then I moved home.

ok- don't get me wrong, I LOVE HOME! but it is definitely different. I mean, I've changed a lot this past year being away at school. As I was unpacking today, I had the strangest sensation: Didn't I just do this? It was seriously deja vu! I can't believe it has been a year since I packed UP my room and now I'm unpacking it all again. But it's so different.

I have been talking to friend in particular about my feelings about moving home and we both agreed about how we were nervous about being home because we are not the same person who left it a year ago.

But I was talking to my mom and she had some interesting insight...I was telling her about how much I missed my friends (and how they were practically my family for a year) and how it was hard to be home because it didn't feel like home... and she said "well, school isn't the same either. All those people are gone too- you're kind of homeless right now."

but seriously!

They say 'home is where the heart is'- well, my heart is all over the place! It is with all the people I love and miss spending time with! So, it's pretty accurate to say I'm a little homeless right now.

But it also gives me a lot of time to reflect on the Lord's plan for all of us. It's amazing how sometimes in life you have to rely so heavily on that faith that He is in charge. I'm having a hard time seeing the big picture right
now, but I love Elder Holland's most recent conference address. He says,

"In this Church, what we know will always trump what we do not know. And remember, in this world, everyone is to walk by faith."

I'm going to cling to the faith that I have and remember that the Lord is watching over me in everything I do. I'm making a goal to be better about my gospel study, I think that is what I am really missing. I need to recommit to the promises I've made to my Heavenly Father and keep an eternal perspective. 

Here is Elder Holland's full address...I'm going to study this one for awhile :)