Special Poem from a Special Friend

I got another letter from Mar today! They are my favorite, and it always makes my week. Last night was really hard, I was incredibly busy and I missed her like crazy. I cried and it was the first time that I cried since she left. But her letter included this poem and I wanted to share it.

The Road is Rough

The road is rough, I said. 

Dear Lord, there are stones that hurt me so.

And He said, dear child I understand

I walked it long ago.

But there's a cold green path, I said,

Let me walk there for a time.

No child, He gently answered me, 

that green road does not climb.

My burden, I said, is far too great;

How can I bear it so?

My child, He said, I remember its weight. 

I carried my cross, you know.

I wish I had friends with me,

who would make my way their own.

Ah, yes...He said, Gethsemane

was hard to face alone.

And so I walked the stoney path,

content at last to know,

that where my master hath not gone,

I would not have to go.

Strangely then I did find friends

my burdens grew less sore.

for I remembered long ago,

He walked the way before."

-Leona B. Gates

I have received so many tender mercies today. A letter from Mar, and a possible excursion next summer (I am not going to say yet). It rained, I love the rain. Today was a busy day and this morning I prayed to my Heavenly Father that he would provide me with some happiness and that I may feel peaceful and calm. It just so happened that we sang More Holiness Give Me in chinese. I am so grateful for my knowledge of a Father in Heaven. He is watching out for me and understands what I am feeling. He knows the path my life will take, and I need to have a better perspective. This gospel is true. I am so grateful for it, and I know what a blessing it is in the lives of its members! 

Love,

Rach