Postponement = Patience

Heavenly Father is definitely trying hard to teach me patience, as well as faith. Bishop texted me today and said that my papers are "In Process" in SLC, but not assigned at current. Honestly, that was and still is a little hard to hear. I guess at times in our lives, we see a perfect scenario playing out in our minds, where everything is going to go according to "Our Plan." But life doesn't always work out that way, and by not, it teaches us faith in our Father in Heaven, that it is going to go according to "His Plan," as it should be. For me, just to give you a glimpse of "my plan," this week would have been perfect. I don't work that many days or hours, which doesn't make me as stressed out. Next week, when I work every day, with some really long hour days in there, I will probably be a bit stressed. So not the Ideal situation.
But then I think about times on my future mission, where things are not going to go as planned. We will make appointments, and many of them will fall through. Doors will get slammed in our faces. Dogs will bark at us. I will probably stumble over my words and make a fool of myself, and feel like it's my fault in many circumstances when things go wrong. He's just preparing me. There is a quote by Sister Marjorie Pay Hinckley that I love, and is actually on the front of one of my journals, as shown below. It says, "Everything you are Learning now is Preparing you for Something Else."

I Believe in the Enabling Power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It gives us the ability to become something better, something, or better yet, someone that Our Heavenly Father would want us to become. He knows that there are going to be tough times ahead. I know that there are going to be tough times ahead. But what He's really teaching me right now, is to go to Him when those tough times do come. To remember that He is always there for me, To remind me to Trust in His Plan, To know that He is doing what is best for me in every circumstance, to let me know that He is mindful of me. To let Him take control of both little and big things, because He will always be there. He always is There.
So, Patience really is what they say it is--A Virtue. I am surprised that they don't add it to the list of Young Woman Values. But it is also part of the definition of Charity, the Pure Love of Christ, so that is one more thing to add to my list ;)
One more week, or maybe even two or three, but My Papers are in, and Heavenly Father knows my heart. Everything is going to be alright.