Learning

I've started a "faithbook" post and it just didn't work. It was too private, too sacred and too much involved with telling other peoples' stories.

To be brief, I've learned a lot in the last couple of days. I've learned that I have a lot more friends than I could have imagined.

I learned that some of the most trying challenges we go through may just be the easier way to learn the lessons we need to learn in this life. I don't want to have to go through something like this, again, but it has got to be better than learning the lessons by making poor choices: addiction, infidelity, abandonment, incarceration. I really don't want to know what those things are like, EVER.

I've also learned a bit about the Atonement. Christ suffered not only for sin, but also so that He could know what our other suffering was about. He knows what the pain is like. He can heal our hearts.

Along with that, goes the understanding that to fully empathize with another person, we need to have gone through hard things in life as well. We can listen and love them, but if we've never had heartache, we can't really understand.

Basically, even though I'd never wish pain on anyone or myself again, I know that it is a necessary part of this life.

Faithbooking

Have you heard of this? I just ran into the idea of Faithbooking on Facebook and then I Googled it and learned even more.

Faithbooking is basically creating a scrapbook or journal focused on your spiritual journey. How awesome is that?

Here are some resources to get you thinking:

Lots of Links

A Faithbook blog

Website with lots of ideas

So, I'm thinking I may turn this blog into a blog about my faith and spiritual journey. Who knows, maybe my ramblings and thoughts about God and faith may help me or someone else!

I'll probably post things about my family and life, too, but isn't that what the whole journey is about anyway?