Blessings

I finished the Book of Mormon again this morning!  I think that I have learned more from reading it this time than I have any other time in my life.  I needed answers, I needed guidance and I needed help.  I have received ALL of those things throughout the last 6 months!  I have truly felt the hand of the Lord in my life more in the past few months than ever before.  What a blessing it is to know that he is ALWAYS there for me.  I am so thankful for the influence of good friends.  I'm so thankful for the guidance and direction he gives me.  Life is just really hard sometimes!  I know that I would not be able to get through it if it weren't for the Gospel.  The last several times I have read the Book of Mormon, I have kept a journal of insights that I have received as I was reading.  I love going back through all of those journals and reading my thoughts and how I applied something at that specific time in my life.  I have such a strong testimony of Journals.  I have literally written in a journal every day from the time I was in 6th grade.  While most of them are full of silly, unimportant things, going back and reading them has helped me to realize that even though it feels like I am the same person, I have most definitely changed.  I don't know whether my journals will ever help anyone else, but they have for sure helped me!  I am so incredibly thankful for my Savior!