You don't choose your trials.

Today has been a very interesting day. Among the many things I have been thinking about, writing a new post has been one of them. It's been over a month since I last wrote. What's happened since then...let's see:

  • Saw my family in New Mexico
  • First roadtrip on my own (me driving) to NM
  • I got more hours at Zupas
  • I started payments on tuition for this semester
  • Tons of people have quit or were fired at Zupas
  • Lots of new trainees at work because of last bullet point
  • Half if not three-fourths of my ward moved out
  • Moved to Greenbriar Apartments
  • I now have only three roommates and only one bathroom.
So overall, it's been a crazy month. I have had a lot of emotional things I have been thinking about lately too. I'm going to be very general about it though because there is so much.

I have been talking to my roommates about things I'm worried about, as they have been doing with me. I have had an awkward situation come up and I am just really concerned about how I am going to handle it all. I said that I didn't want any of this to be happening the way it is, and she brought up a good point by saying, "Well, you don't get to choose your trials."

I thought that was very profound. We don't get to always choose our trials. Actually most of the time we don't get to. Sometimes our choices can make things harder on ourselves and thus become a trial, but most of the time the trials we have going on in our life aren't there by our own choice. 

So what do we do about it?

We endure to the end. 

Today at church I heard a good way to describe enduring to the end. "Enduring to the end is like shaving. You have to do as good of a job today as you did yesterday and as will have to do every day." Ha ha, it's kind of a funny way to put it, but if you think about it, it's true. You have to be just as strong in your trials today as you were yesterday and you will have to continue to be that strong after today to keep yourself going. 

I hope and pray that I can endure well through my trials this semester and for the rest of my life. 

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