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I'm pretty sure that as soon as the last session of general conference last Sunday was over, Satan moved into my house. It was like this wonderful Spirit of the Lord that had been in my home all weekend flew out of the window, only to be replaced with shadows. It's been an awful week. I've been depressed and angry. Exactly opposite of what the Lord revealed to me about being kind and happy. It's taken me most of the week to recover. Thankfully, after a wonderful meeting with my new bishop today, I feel wonderful and back on fire to continue my growth. My bishop showed me something today and I'll see if I can convey it in the same way. He was talking about growth in our lives. He said that we usually want our lives to progress in a steady, upward motion. Like this...

But hopefully what happens is this...

He said, we have many peaks and valleys. The peaks are awesome, the valleys kind of suck but if you look at this like an EKG then it means that we are alive. The flat line above in the medical world means you've stopped living. You are dead inside. We don't want that. We WANT the peaks and valleys no matter how hard they may seem because it means we are ALIVE. I want to be alive. I want to be continually growing even if it means I fall hard and often. It's better than being dead. 

I did meet my goals this week of reading the Book of Mormon every day and praying twice day formally. I didn't really work on any other part of Preach My Gospel because I need to work on implementing what I'm learning and not just getting through the lesson. So, even though this past week really sucked, I'm still alive. I am so grateful for an inspired bishop and wonderful leaders that spoke to us last week. 

Here's to a whole new week after a wonderful Sabbath time to renew and recommit.