For The Beauty of The Earth

I was in a bad mood this morning when I woke up to dark skies and flakes of wet snow floating down. Seriously?!?!? I was quick to tell Josh that we are moving to St. George. I couldn't handle the lack of sun the last 6 months any longer and to top it off was the end of may. But then that afternoon the guilt set in for my bad attitude. It was beautiful. I have never seen such a bright variety of colors. The white next to the blue sky and the green grass is what made it so breath taking. Had it not of been spring time when we experienced this snow the greens would not of been so green, had the snow never come it would of never caught my eye.
While taking these pictures I realized that today is much like life. We need to weather the storm. The light at the end of the tunnel is well worth the trials we face. Those trials are what make us beautiful people.
I know God will never give us a trial to big to handle.
I know it is silly of me to speak of trials when I have had such a blessed life. The few hardships I have faced I wouldn't take back. They make me who I am in today and believe what I believe.
"Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ having a perfect brightness of hope and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: ye shall have eternal life" 2 Nephi 31:20

I wish I could have seen the reaction of my Grandma seeing what I saw late this afternoon. She was a phenomenal artist and had a true appreciation for the Beauty of the Earth. This song was sang at her funeral,
"For the beauty of the earth
for the beauty of the skies
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise

For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flow'r,
Sun and Moon, and starts of Light
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our hymn of grateful praise

For the joy of human love,
Brother, sister, parent, child,
Friends on earth, and friends above,
For all gentle thoughts and mild,
Lord of all, to thee we raise,
This our hymn of grateful praise"

For the Beauty of the Earth
text: Fulliott S. Pierpoint 1835-1917
music: Conrad Kocher 1786-1872
LDS Hymn book page 92