No such thing as bad things

We are all human, and here, or there, but living...that thing we call life right? Sometimes it's good and sometimes not so much. All depending on how we see the circumstances before us. Lets be honest. Some pretty terrible things can happen, or may have already. Maybe you've been through the worst of the worst. there are lots of bad things that happen to people, i know that you know that. I've seen it, you've seen it. Whether on the news, in the paper, in real life, or just heard from a friend of a friend. Some argue why. Why do bad things happen? Especially to good people. Not saying we don't care about the bad people! But hey, you blow up the two tallest towers in the the most industrial city in all of America....i wouldn't exactly say good things were coming for ya. So anyway. Good people. Why do they suffer sometimes. Well i don't have that exact answer. I don't think you'll find anybody who does. At least not here on earth. You know where you could find out though...maybe? Through your father in heaven, and through the relationship you have with the savior. It is hard sometimes...because we want to know so badly "why". But really...it isn't even necessary for us to know. We already know enough. We know that he lives, that he loves us, that he has a plan for us..individually, and as long as we are faithful and true to the commandments and what we know to be right, that plan will surely not fail. I mean, yeah...we might have this big idea of how we see our lives, where we see ourselves going, all the things we want to accomplish, the people we want to meet, and things we want to see. We have a plan for ourselves, at least i would think so. But let me ask you something...Who's plan is better? Despite what you may think when devastation or trial strikes you,

("And also my soul delighteth in the ^acovenants of the Lord which he hath made to our fathers; yea, my soul delighteth in his^bgrace, and in his justice, and power, and mercy in the great and eternal plan" 2 Nephi 11:5) 

The timing might be wrong, the situation/event might be life changing...but it is apart of HIS plan, for YOU. Trust in that. And know that God wont throw something at you that you aren't capable of handling. He is cheering for you. He is your number one fan. He wants nothing more than for you to succeed and be strong, enduring what may come your way, so that one day you are worthy to stand in his presence...knowing you have been through the ups and the downs, knowing you have endured willingly, knowing that you have took upon you the redeeming/healing power of the atonement, and created that personal relationship with christ.

Think about this. trial and affliction is hard. So hard that it breaks you down, physically, emotionally, and spiritually unlike anything else. It brings out vulnerability and weakness. But you take that vulnerability and weakness and you turn to the savior...who once was so vulnerable, so weak, experiencing more pain and sorrow than mankind would ever know. 

I know i talk about this quite often, and it really is silly probably to most and when you look at the big picture. But there has never been a time when i felt so lonely and so helpless than when i found out my high school basketball and softball career were over due to an ACL tear. At that moment I was so distraught because that was something that had been such a huge part of my life. And just like that it was gone. Not just the game itself, but the teammates, the coaches, those relationships, the feelings that those sports brought out, the competitiveness  the happiness. It was over. I had never cried so hard, for so long. I just remember laying in my bed crying, after my mom and dad had done and said everything they possibly could have to make me feel better, and thinking no one knows how i feel. HELLO AUTUMN. was i stupid? It took me a few moments to realize how terribly wrong i had been. How dare i think such a thing. How could i be so selfish? So blind. How could i be feeling so sorry for myself when christ had undergone my exact experience and every physical/emotional/mental/spiritual pain known to mankind. it is so hard to even try and comprehend. I will never understand the entirety of it. But i do understand that he knew how i felt. I was not alone. And for a tiny minuscule fraction, i knew how he felt. I  could not comprehend how he did it. But i knew if he could go through that, out of pure love for his brothers and sisters. I could get through my little trial out of pure love for my savior. I learned to see the atonement in a whole new light. It wasn't just for repentance and the chance to be forgiven for sin. It was for comfort and strength through things that cannot be gone through alone. 

Now think how strong you are for having those experiences. Think how far your testimony has come or may still have to go because of that. Think about the relationship you have or could potentially have with the savior if you lean on him and his example. I know him better, because of that bad thing that happened to me. I know my plan is better, because of that bad thing that happened to me. I know i am better, because of that bad thing that happened to me. 

Bad things are bad, until you find the good that can come from them. Bad things are bad, until you realize that the Lords plan for you, can never be bad.