Don't Dwell on the Problems - Look to God

When I read this scripture today it really put things into perspective.
“Awake, my soul! No longer droop in sin. Rejoice, O my heart, and give place no more for the enemy of my soul. Do not anger again because of mine enemies. Do not slacken my strength because of mine afflictions. Rejoice, O my heart, and cry unto the Lord, and say: O Lord, I will praise thee forever; year, my soul will rejoice in thiee, my God and the rock of my salvation.” 2 Nephi 4:28-30

I know that there have been times in my life that I have been down and usually the reason is because I am looking down at all the roadblocks in my life and not up to God. This was encouraging to me that a man as great as Nephi had a similar thing happen to him. He had had so many spiritual experiences and knew the goodness of God and yet sorrowed in his affliction and sin. Then all of a sudden it is as though things were brought into perspective to him and he wrote the scripture up above. He seemed to get a game plan to help him bet past his sin and to focus on God. (To get the full story click here.

Sometimes I look too closely at the things of this world that don’t really matter. When I really think about it, everything is okay. As long as I’m living the way I should be the large matters that consume my mind become little things not worth thinking about.