Fading into the Light

  Often in life we run into moments where the light is dimmed. We find ourselves lost in a state of darkness and confusion. Where we ultimately are seeking to understand where we are to go next.
   Different forms of light come and go within our lives as we allow it to. We are the switch we choose to act upon what light enters and exits our lives.
    Within this moment of time my life is as such. Its a moment of dimmness, knowing the light is there but recognizing its magnitude of brightness is the challenge that is to be faced.
    You may wonder how could such a thing occur. Funny, I find myself pondering such a thought as well. It begins with one flicker of light, in this scenario two pieces of light are intertwined into one. Light being the love of another and light being the love of God.
    The light of the love of God has always been in full existence within my life. Fading at moments but is a constant presence. The light of the love of another came into play on a warm fall afternoon. It can be told from two perspectives however, I shall keep it to one.
    Picture the autumn's breeze, in your face, as you pass a group of people your gaze is attracted by another. A light is seen in the eyes of one, a light that hasnt been noticed before. Recognizing that this spark of light cant grow you allow the light to stay but let it dim.  You wait till the time is right. Other flickers of light try to appear but your set on this light that has been dimmed. Before you realize it an outside force has caused the light to brighten ever so more. That light that originally attracted your gaze has returned, a light that you soguht and hoped to grow.  Outside and personal forces over the course of time fade in and out. Causing a state of confusion and wonder to appear upon your face.
     We jump to the light of the love of God, which begins to be intertwined into the light of the love of another. This love burns at a bright level, well most of the time. The beam of this light is determined by our fixation on allowing it to glow.
     At moments I can find myself distracted by that which causes the beam to diminish. We must hold firm to that beam which is the light of the love of God. This light becomes our anchor for when the light of the love of another begins to fade.
     It comes down to one simply thing. The light of the love of God is that which must burn ever so brightly. That beam must be firm and constant at all times. It cant be one that fades.

A New Chapter

Reflection on Several Days

 The 18 month journey that has shaped my life for all eternity has wrapped up and closed. The end of a chapter has concluded which starts the chapter of the "Decade of Decisions". A time which will include, joyous moments, heartache, prayer, faith, patience, trust, tears a time filled with joy and trial and error. All of these things I know will be established in these next momentous years. I'm excited, I'm nervous. But it comes back to the basics of the faith I have in my Savior Jesus Christ and the trust I have in the plan my ultimate creater and Father in Heaven developed for me. Below are pictures of those moments that established the next chapter in my Eternal Book.

Reunited w/ the ones I love the most

Ellen, My Broskis and I  as I arrive home to start the next chapter

The infamous COW costume that's "utterly hilarious"

Fall 2013, The Start to Something New

    For 18 years I had grown up under my parents protection. However on September 11th 2013 I left the protection of the home I had grown up in for the past 10 years to embark on a journey. Over the course of 3 months many friendships were formed, tears were shed, many firsts occurred and many goodbyes were said. However, I wouldn't trade this first semester of college for anything. I learned a lot about myself that I know I wouldn't of learned anywhere else. Here's a peek into that first semester of college. 

Best Friend Ellen and I on move in day 9/13

My side of the room

Elder Christofferson came and gave the devotional 

One of my best friends/sisters now Nicole 

Ellen already trying to leave college

Josh Atkinson got called to serve in the Tuxtla Guiterrez Mexico Mission

Bobby Cornelius got called to serve in the Ghana Kumasi Mission

In the end I feel so blessed to have come in contact with each of these people. They have blessed my life in so many ways.

Why?

  Your always being told in life that you need to write down in your journal,
         So that your future posterity will be able to remember you and what you did.
 I figured I would create this blog to document my life from here on out.
          So in future years my posterity will be able to look back on what I did throughout my life time.
They will know who I am, what I stand for and what I accomplished as I embarked on such a journey.
           Hopefully, I can leave a legacy that encourages, inspires and motivates those throughout their lifetime.

A captured moment while taking my mission pictures Jan. 2014