The "Fence"

Now I can imagine that some of you are scratching your heads at the title of my blog.  Well, now is the time that I get to explain.  I grew up on a family farm with cattle.  So I got to spend a lot of time with these animals.  One thing that always struck me was how stubborn these animals became when they wanted to get out of a pen.  Now matter many times you would chase them away from the open gate while you were trying to pull the tractor in to feed them, they would run right back so they could get out.  Or, they would stretch their necks way out across the fence line, they always thought that the grass was greener on the other side.

Now, look at our lives.  We see our shabby car, our house that is too small, and the pair of shoes that have been worn way too many times.  Then we look at our neighbor down the street who just bought a brand new truck, their big spacious house, and we may say to ourselves, "Wow, what would it be like to be able to afford that."  But what we don't see, usually, is the struggles that they are going through as well.  We may get that, "Greener on the other side of the fence" mentality.  We just need to remember the promise that the Lord made to Moroni in Ether 12:27 in the Book of Mormon, "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." 

The Lord knows each one of us.  He has given us those things that will make us stronger.  We may only be able to see the weakness of ourselves right now, but if we put our trust in Jesus Christ and come before him in sincere prayer and scripture study, then we will be able to see those "weak things become strong."