Walk On

I am standing in a storm.

A fierce one.

For a moment it seems as if all I can see is the storm itself.

It completely clouds my vision.  

I am frozen in my thoughts, unable to move. 

How can I take another step when I cannot even see my feet?  

For a moment the storm distracts me from my desired destination.  

For a moment I forget that there could possibly be refuge.  

For a moment the noise completely drowns out the fact that I am not alone. 

It is almost deafening. 

For a moment I begin to panic. 

I will be lost. 

For a moment I forget what it's like to not be in the storm, as if it's always been there. 

Never letting up.  

And then for a moment, a small, beautiful ray of a moment, I feel warmth.  

I see a flicker of light.  

Enough to give strength to my worn out, immovable self. 

I move. 

I feel my feet beneath me take another step.  

And though refuge may be far from my grasp, I feel the power of something else moving me along.

To a better and safer place.  

The storm was not meant to bring me down. 

The storm was not meant to crush my desire for life. 

It was designed to push me forward.  

It was given to me to teach me hope.  

It has darkened my view to show me what light can do. 

Because light is more powerful then the darkest abyss. 

And with that light I am shown that I am more powerful then the storm. 

That I can move in it.

That the vastness of the storm yields to the smallest of enduring faith. 

That I have the power to walk on. 

(a little something to remind me. thanks to thefyshstore @esty)

(Walk On - by U2)

2015 will be a year to walk on.  There is always hope.  There is always light.  I am grateful for that knowledge. Whether there is refuge from life's trials this year or not I hope to endure them with as much faith as I can muster. Not only to endure them but to find the light that is always placed a midst them.  There will be much joy in this home.

"That which is of God is light; and he that receiveth light, and continueth in God,

 receiveth more light; and that light groweth brighter and brighter until the perfect day."

(Doctrine & Covenants 50:24)