Finals Week & Blessings of the Priesthood

This week is crazy! I have soooo much to do before I can go home next Thursday... accounting, economics, business stats, and science tests. A 3-5 page paper for Doctrine and Covenants and oh so much more! Today, I received an email from my friend Matthew who is currently Elder Cielo :) He is serving in the Canada, Vancouver mission. It was great hearing from him! i miss him terribly! So yesterday I got another mystery delivery of Chocolate Covered Strawberries! They are delicious... just like the first box, but this whole creeper secret admirer thing is starting to... well... creep me out! I mean at first it was kinda cute but it has gone from cute to creep lauren out! I have been thinking lately about the power of the priesthood and how different my life would be without it. The more i thought about it the more thankful I was that I know the truth and that I am able to have worthy priesthood holders in my life. The gospel brings so much comfort to my life and that no matter what I am struggling with my Heavenly Father is there for me and knows what struggles i have and He is there to help me though it. I have been struggling with a lot lately and no matter how down life gets I know that if I turn to my Heavenly Father he is always there for me with open arms willing to help me. Im not saying that its easy, but it has definitely been worth it. I cannot honestly tell you that anything that I have had to endure through was a bad thing, I can see the impact that it has had on my life and I am see the positive things that have come from every difficult situation. Looking back i can think of things that I thought were torture at the time but now I cant imagine not having to go through them. I can honestly say that without the Gospel, the Priesthood, and trials that I have gone through I would not be the person I am today.