Backstory:

I have been thinking lately that I don’t like winter because the weather is cold and it makes my body hurt more. I get sick more often in the winter than I normally do. I love Christmas but after the holidays are over I have a hard time feeling warmth inside my heart in the dead of winter. So I asked myself, “how can I feel that warmth on the inside even when it’s cold outside?” I feel like I need to change my perspective so that I have hope on my darkest day. I was  talking with my therapist one day and she said that “there’s something kind in the fact that Jesus walks with us. He doesn’t just say that He will meet us on the other side.” I really love that idea that He is always with us whenever we need Him.

Jesus Walks with You

Sometimes in the winter if it is hard for you to feel warmth in your body, on the inside or out,

And it might be a time when you just feel like you want to sit inside and pout.

In the dead of winter, if you have a hard time feeling anything in your heart but blue,

Just remember that your Savior, Jesus Christ, is always there beside you.

During those cold months, it might be hard to feel warmth and hope on the inside

Where your mind and heart reside.

When all you feel is darkness and dreariness inside your soul,

Don’t forget that Jesus can help you feel whole.

When you feel like you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders

And it is so heavy to bear that it feels like you are carrying huge boulders.

When your soul feels empty and you don’t know if can get out of bed,

Just remember that Jesus will fill your emptiness with His Living Bread.

When it is cold and dreary outside and you feel like it is weighing you down,

And you feel like all you can do is sit in the darkness and frown.

Don’t ever forget that your Savior has felt all of those feelings

And that He hears your deepest pleadings.

Even if you feel weighed down by the darkness of the world around you

Just change your perspective so that you won’t always feel blue.

Don’t ever forget that Jesus will walk beside you and carry you on your darkest day,

For He loves you more than you could ever adequately say.

The Takeaway: If you are like me, then winter might be a hard time for you to feel hope and joy. On days when it is cold and dreary outside, it might be hard to feel warmth inside of you. Just remember that there is always hope because of your Savior, Jesus Christ. He will always walk beside you and He will even carry you and your heavy load of burdens on your hardest and darkest days.

Backstory:

I saw a post on Facebook that I really liked. It said, “Our hope is not in the New Year, but in the One who makes all things new.” That quote and our outlook on the New Year should shift our focus from time to the Savior. 

Fresh Starts

A new year often represents fresh starts, resolutions and optimism for the future,

But if we changed our perspective about time, that would be super.

Because time has no power to change hearts, heal wounds or save souls,

So as we turn our calendars, we should turn our souls to Jesus in His various roles.

If our hope lies only in a date

Then it can quickly fade when we can’t keep our priorities straight.

Jesus is where true hope lies for each one of us on this earth,

For He can help us feel our Divine Worth.

Jesus doesn’t just improve things in our life,

He can transform our problems so we won’t feel so much strife.

Because of His Atonement, He can soften our hardened heart,

So that we can have a fresh new start.

Because of Jesus, we always a new beginning every day,

And our sins and weaknesses can be washed away.

Jesus doesn’t erase our trials, but He will walk with us through them,

And will give us power and strength to endure whatever is put before us then.

If we put our trust in the One who makes all things new,

Then our outlook on our lives every day will be renewed.

When we feel alone and weary,

Jesus will come into our story and make our darkest days seem less dreary.

The Takeaway: We tend to look forward to a new year because we don’t know what trials we will face and we like to dream of what could happen in the coming year. If we change our focus to our Savior, He will make all things in our lives feel renewed. He will give us hope for every day and every trial we face. Because of Him, there is always hope.