Every Promised Blessing

"I feel sorry for any man who hasn’t yet made the choice to seek an eternal companion, and my heart weeps for the sisters who haven’t had the opportunity to marry. Some of you may feel lonely and unappreciated and cannot see how it will be possible for you to have the blessings of marriage and children or your own family. All things are possible to the Lord, and He keeps the promises He inspires His prophets to declare. Eternity is a long time. Have faith in those promises and live to be worthy of them so that in His time the Lord can make them come true in your life. With certainty, you will receive every promised blessing for which you are worthy."
-Elder Richard G. Scott, "The Eternal Blessings of Marriage

I'm planning my Relief Society lesson for tomorrow on "Bringing Up Children in Light and Truth." For someone that does not yet have children of my own, I recognize that I have a very different perspective from most of the sisters in my Relief Society. I am not the only single sister, but am 1 of maybe 5. As I have been praying and pondering over this lesson the last few weeks the thought "every promised blessing" keeps coming to mind. I think of all of my beautiful, talented, spiritual, amazing single girlfriends, and my heart weeps with Elder Scott as I realize the vast number of them who have not yet had the opportunity to marry.

Then I remember: Isaiah 55: 8-9
"For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."

And I feel comforted in the words EVERY PROMISED BLESSING, with our Heavenly Father's timing always in my mind and heart.

And then I think, maybe I'll put this quote (from Elder Scott's talk) on my mirror as a daily reminder/pep talk/challenge to me to be worthy of those promises. "Eternity is a long time. Have faith in those promises and live to be worthy of them so that in His time the Lord can make them come true in your life. With certainty, you will receive every promised blessing for which you are worthy."

So future hubby and kiddos, mom's thinking of you, and she knows that as she stays worthy and when the timing is right, she will receive YOU! And she can't wait!!