TRUST IN THE LORD

Just yesterday, shortly before leaving to attend the Temple, I read President Thomas S. Monson's closing talk from the April General Conference (see www.lds.org). A scripture he quoted is: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
When we are doing as He would have us do and when we are in the places He would have us be, we will be strengthened beyond our own abilities to bear up our burdens. Today my beloved Malden died. I have always said that I do not know what I would do when my dog passed away, and I always expected it to be Tino first. I am fortunate that I had the opportunity to grieve and not feel ashamed of my deep feelings: fortunately Don supports me in my heartache and understands a woman's need to cry and work out her feelings. I am grateful for my Mother who, having the same love of pets that I do, completely understands my feelings and knows that there are no words to make everything all better. In situations such as this, we have agreed that prayer is the best thing to do for somebody.
I have a song I want to share by Kutless, the same group who sings my song "What Faith Can Do". This song is titled "I'm Still Yours"

If you washed away my vanity

If you took away my words

If all my world was swept away

Would You be enough for me?

Would my beating heart still sing?

If I lost it all

Would my hands stay lifted

To the God who gives and takes away

If you take it all

This life You've given

Still my heart will sing to you

When my life is not what I expected

The plans I made have failed

When there's nothing left to steal me away

Will You be enough for me?

Will my broken heart still sing?

Even if you take it all away

You'll never let me go

Take it all away

But I still know...

That I'm Yours

I'm still Yours

I'm still Yours

Please, to all of you, keep D and myself in your prayers. Love and thanks, K