Climbing Through Life

This Week I got to spend a day with my family! And it turned out to be one of the best days I have had in a long time!  We spent the day at Bass Pro Shop  out by Victoria Gardens.

But the event of the day that really sparked my surge of creativity was my climb up the rock wall. My little sister tatelyn and I had the chance to climb up a very tall rock climbing wall. Me being the thrill seeker I am said yes without hesitation. Tatelyn decided to go first up the wall. She got all harnessed in and went up the wall slowly but surely. Her second time up was a little quicker but you could still see certain spots where she would stuggle. Then it was my turn. I walked up got harnessed in and grabbed the first holes I could in the steep wall. Right away I knew this wall was going to be a lot harder than pervious walls I had climbed. I started to gain a little bit of hight. Then the fear set in. What if I wasn't strong enough to get up this wall? What if I feel? My family would never let me live it down! What if I took forever to get up to the top? All the worries hit me at once and my legs began to tremble. I slowly looked up and determined there was no going back now. I had to prove I could get up the wall just like my little sister! The shaking in my legs made it a lot harder to push my self up. Each time I had to let go of a safe spot I had found and reach for a higher foot hold I wasn't sure if I could get there safely. I almost fell once. My foot missed the foot hold I was blindly reaching for, and all my body weight hit my arms. I suddenly found I was a lot stronger than I gave myself credit for. My family cheered my one the whole time, my dad gave me constant direction on where the next step would help me get to the top. Finally I made it to the top! After walking away with a few scrapes and bruises, I remembered a valuable lesson about life. In the begging when Heavnly Father asked us who want to follow Christ's plan we all jumped at the oppritunity. Once we arrived here on earth we learned that life was not as easy as we thought it would be. Satan begins to plant fear and worries in our hearts. Each time we would begin to feel comfortable with the spot our life was in satan would tell us we couldn't do it. Along the way we slip and get scraped up and learn we are a lot stronger than we think. We also have our father in heaven to guide us. He will show us the best direction for us to continue onward. If we persist and endure to the end we will be able to live with our father again.