Easter Thoughts

I have been thinking a lot about my mission lately and where I have come.  As of April 30th I will have been home for six years.
In those six years I have been going to school, working different jobs, moving different places, making and loosing friends and gaining lots of weight.
I have been thinking about all of the things that I should be doing that I am not.  I have been getting very discouraged with myself.  I am very dissapointed in someways that I have allowed myself to become. 
The more and more I get discouraged, the more I feel my Savior's love.  I realize that no, I am not perfect.  Yes I have gained weight.  Yes I have a money spending problem.  Yes I am lazy.  Yes I have a messy room.  No I am not the most beautiful looking person.
But non of that matters to the Lord.  All He cares about is that I do my best.  I stand up, repent and become the woman He wants me to be through and only through His Atonement.  He bled, died and rose for me so that I might change my heart and my ways.  He did it so that I can keep doing better.  He did it so I can have hope in giving Him my bad habits and hopefully becoming better.
He loves me.  He loves you.  He is our Savior and Redeemer.  He is our rock and our Salvation.  He is our hope and our joy. 
I know that Jesus Christ lives.  I know that through Him we can overcome anything in this life that causes pain.  He may not take it away but He will certainly give us the strength to go through it.

In the name of Jesus Christ Amen.o