Opposition in all things

You know those neighbors who took such good care of their home and yard? The ones who moved and the new owners just couldn't keep up as well? How about the owners of the scary house in the neighborhood who moved out and the new owners completely transformed that house? Think of that beautiful building that burned down and they rebuilt it to be even more lovely than it had been before.

Do you have those pictures in your mind? That's how our lives are. Sometimes we are going through those times when we are feeling like a demolition project. Maybe we feel like we've been burned to the ground. We often go through those times, but forget to look back and see the progress that we've made along the way.

In 2 Nephi 2:11 it says, "For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things." For so many years I never realized just how nice that house with the well kept yard looked. When the opposite was presented I had a greater appreciation for what had previously been there. Without that opposition I would still be taking that well groomed yard for granted. 

Right now I feel like I am in some kind of transition mode. I don't know what I am being remodeled to be. It's like when you are on a long trip and you've been patiently traveling along your journey but you are about an hour from your destination and you just can't wait to finally arrive. That is what I am feeling. I can feel it being so close but I don't actually know where the destination is going to be. I know I want to get there and I believe that I can, but how and when exactly am I going to arrive? It's so hard to feel like someone is knocking out walls within you or tearing down the siding and you don't know what they are going to replace it with.

I know that the Lord is in charge. I trust that he has a plan for me. I need to trust Him even more. It's just hard when you are waiting to arrive at the final destination but that last hour feels more like three. I wish I could see the beginning from the end. I would love to see how it is all going to be fine and work out. It would be so comforting to know why the timing is what it is. For now I just keep going. I keep hoping that when this destination is reached or my remodel is done that it will be as glorious as I imagine. For now I just wait and trust in my Father to get me there. Wherever it is that He is wanting me to be.