You are never alone

A look of the stairs as I headed to the top

P-day this last week Sister Tucker and I along with Elder's Merrill and Cannell decided to go to the beach. As we walked down the long flight of stairs to the beach, I saw a bunch of rocks and realized that we were headed in that direction for our activity. We had to climb the rocks. I am not much of a climber, I don't like to do it but in order to do the activity I had to climb. First, I want to mention that I did not have the right shoes, I was climbing rocks on flat slick shoes. Climbing with shoes like that did not improve my attitude on climbing rocks, I chose to be unhappy on this task which made the task seem impossible. Every rock I climbed I felt that I was going to fall, I used all the energy necessary to hold on.  Once we had finished our activity, we had to climb over the rocks and climb back up the stairs. Its easy to come down, hard to go back up. I will honestly say, I was the last one up. I was embarrassed and mad at myself that I had not made it to the top fast enough. The next day I woke up sore. During Personal Study I was reading about Captain Moroni and how he fought for his country, family, and religion and I wondered to myself, how I was giving up due to my attitude and my shoes...simple things that I put as a stumbling block. I wasn't fighting the fight.
The Savior himself has said, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30)

There will be many days in our lives that we will have to make a climb, we might not be prepared with the right equipment or the right attitude. We may even have to put all of our energy into not falling back to where we started. We may even feel that we are alone, that there is no one to help us make the climb to get to the finish, to fight the fight. We may even want to quit our climb.  Never quit! That is a fall that is hard to come back from! Although it seems that we are doing this alone, I am here to testify that we are not! You are never alone in your climb! The Savior is always there to help you, to lift you up and to carry you to help you reach your destination! When all seems dark and dreary look around you for the light and you will see the Savior! My family has a motto that goes, "The Hernandez's never give up." so I extend this motto to you as well, apply it to yourself, for with the Savior all that seems impossible is made possible!