The Best You Can

 



Alex is visiting on her Spring Break. She was sharing that on her train ride she decided to splurge since it was vacation and bought an Auntie Anne's pretzel at the train station and some cup of noodles on the train.  That is her kind of splurging as she pays for her living expenses at school and plans for her mission.  


This kid will do better financially than her parents!  (Although spending OUR money is a whole different story!😂). 


As prices creep/roar upward and global uncertainty lies ahead it's an interesting time to reevaluate our preparedness.  


But its is not a time for panic and over reaction.  Rather, as we are repeatedly taught, it is in the consistent day to day small patterns of obedience that we learn to trust and rely on the Lord.  


I take great comfort in this statement by Elder Jeffrey R Holland. "Prepare. Plan. Work. Sacrifice. Spend time and money cheerfully on matters of worth. Be calm and feel the assurance of having done the best you could with what you had. If you work hard and prepare earnestly, it will be very difficult for you to give in or give up or wear down. If you labor with faith in God and in yourself and in your future, you will have built upon a rock which, when the winds blow and the rains come--as surely they will-you shall not fail."

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