For Family Home Evening Aaron and I are each doing a lesson on Christ like attributes taken from Preach My Gospel. Aaron had the lesson last night and it was on patience. It was such a good lesson. I love it when Aaron teaches because he teaches how I need to be taught. It was so good to discuss our feelings about patience and how it can help us build our faith. For me, having Gestational Diabetes has been a trial. Not only because I'm having problems gaining wait now that I'm trying to watch my carbs (no matter how many nuts or peanut butter or cheese I eat), but because now I know that I'm at an increased risk for diabetes in the future. However, we were discussing how patience gives us experience and experience gives hope (Romans 5: 3-5) and hope gives us faith. I've been thinking about this and how Job was patient in all his trials. He endured them well. So I was thinking how my current trial could give me experience that would help build my faith.
One big risk factor is the polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) because of the gestational diabetes, I've done more research on it and diabetes in general. I've seen some areas that I can and need to change that might (and I say might) prevent or delay diabetes. This research and my subsequent goals of improvement will be the experience I get in order to provide me with the hope that I've done everything I can to ensure my future health. This will provide me with faith that Heavenly Father will help me no matter whether I get the disease or not. I know it seems a trivial matter to be worried about but it's something I want to prevent as much as possible.
So why am I telling this story under the heading "Why Marriage is the BEST"? It's because Aaron is such an example of hope and faith in the big things. He is such an example to me of how to stay optamistic in times of anxiety. I'm just so glad that Aaron is my husband. It's so wonderful that his strengths and weeknesses are complements to mine so that we can help each other grow and become strong in our week points. Thanks Aaron for the examples you set for me. I love you!
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5 comments:
Marriage is THE best. . . even though it is the hardest thing in the world at times for me-maybe having kids factors into that. I don't know???
But I can say that Josh changed my life and I would have been really lost without him and his family.
I am so glad you two compliment each other. And, I am sure you have more faith than you think. love you guys. Hang in there.
Sounds like a good man. Reminds me of mine!
Sorry the last one was from the morey's and this one too. Trouble with sharing the same computer.
I didn't know you had gestational diabetes. (Or maybe I did and forgot...sorry, if that's the case.) That's rough. It sounds like you know how to handle it and have a good support system in Aaron. Anyway, you're in my thoughts!!
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