The Blessing

So as all of you I am in my last semester of my BFA at Cal Arts. Well that has been really rocky this semester. I can't tell if I have senioritis or it's just truly overwhelming to do all this work at once, either way it is soooooo crazy hectic busy right now! Bishop is still trying to open my papers so i can get them started I swear he is taking forever. Then of course to add to my stress there is my show. As most of you know I am a sound designer for Cal Arts school of Theatre and it just so happens my production goes up in a week. It has been the most stressful thing to live through ever! First the bishop taking his sweet time to call the mission department, then the school getting crazy on me. Then as all things do it gets worse. haha I also am ( literally RIGHT NOW!) studying for a midterm tomorrow, looking over a cue list, and trying to write an 8 page paper. and yeah it's 1:45 in the morning. So as you can see things are out of my control and everything is due tomorrow so you can all guess what I did. I called for priesthood intervention. That's right I asked for a blessing right after institute. I asked Bro Potter. He is amazing and when I called him he seemed shocked that I was even asking for a blessing in the first place. I explained to him that life was getting overwhelming and i was really worried. He still seemed unsure. After institute we found an empty classroom in the church building and sat across from each other and just talked. Honestly I was expecting maybe him to back out of giving me the blessing and just council me. (Which would have been fine since i didn't even think anyone was listening) but he asked for my full name and off he went on the most spiritually precise blessing I could have ever asked for. He hit everything on the nose and really helped me find the second i needed to breathe. Granted my paper isn't done and the cue list might just have to wait till tomorrow but I have found the moment of peace I was asking for.  Honestly for those reading this right now I can tell you the Lord is listening! He knows our needs and knows who to put in our lives to help us realize that he knows! I truly needed Bro. P's council prior to the blessing and to hear the things he spoke on just testified to me that the Lord was listening and had direct council to me. I truly know the lord was listening to every aching cry I have delivered up to him in the last 24 hours. Unsurprisingly things aren't any better, but my attitude towards them is 100% turned for the better. I feel like I can accomplish all that the Lord has placed in my hands. Even if that means staying up all night to finish 6 more pages on this paper. Or waking up early to look over my notes for my test. The Lord knows that I strong enough to handle all he places before me and that blessing truly reminded me what my mom and my Savior and even Bro. P. knew all the time. I am strong through my Lord and Savior. Sometimes I can't do it all by myself but I can ask for a blessing and a reassurance that my Mom and Savior- Jesus Christ are cheering me every step of the way. ( No matter how badly I procrastinate stepping forward.)  - Rach