Happy Halloween!!/Light

Daddy, Michael and Maddie

Maddie as Elsa, she threw her cape like that at every house we went to.  She wanted to make sure they knew who she was.

John Derek as a bat who plays soccer.

Michael as a little monster, but with that smile you would never think that.  So Cute!!

Elizabeth as our beautiful Cookie Monster (I have never seen Cookie Monster look so good.)

Samantha as a TY inc. Angel Bear

Ready to take the neighborhood by storm.

We had so much fun trick or treating.  Michael would go to a house collect his candy (usually about 10 feet behind his sisters) then get to the end of the driveway and shout "Go."  Then he would run as fast as his little legs could carry him to the next home.  It was the cutest thing.  

I have really been trying to follow the Spirit and as I look back on this Halloween I am amazed at how involved the Lord was in getting the costumes and for the right price.

Elizabeth really wanted to be Cookie Monster.  We looked up a costume on line but could not afford it.  She instead gathered ideas from it and went to work coming up with just the right dress and ear rings.  Time was ticking and we were missing the dress.  It was still not here.  I told her to pray and ask for help.  She prayed that the dress would get here before Halloween.  Tuesday afternoon the dress came.  She was so happy, offered a thank you prayer in utter delight and then opened the package to find a dress that was 5 sizes too small.  Heartbreak, bitterness, blame, and frustration.  We ended up at Wal-Mart at 10:00 and found an even cuter dress and a new coat.  She learned a lot about how Heavenly Father works and how He answers prayers.  I was grateful for that experience.

Samantha was an Angel Bear.  I learned to get the costume the child wants to wear and how easily the Lord just put things in my way and prompted me to buy them: wings, ears, etc.

John Derek wanted to be a bat for his school book report that was also on Halloween.  The Lord put the book that had this character right where I needed it and then prompted me as to where to get his costume.  Little tender mercy's.

Maddie wanted to be 100% princess Elsa.  Again, guidance came I was reminded of things we all ready had and it all worked out beautifully.  And most important she felt beautiful.

Michael's costume had been chosen months before.  But a week before Halloween I realized he had had a growth spurt and I had no costume.  Again I was guided to look in a certain place and there was a costume for him without having to leave my house. 

This was a great reminder for me that my Heavenly Father loves and cares for me.  Something as simple as a Halloween costume to depression He is there and loves me.

Someone I love read my comments from yesterday and became a little concerned about what I had written. I hope that this quote better explains what I was meaning. 

Receiving a Testimony of Light and Truth

"The more we incline our hearts and minds toward God, the more heavenly light distills upon our souls. And each time we willingly and earnestly seek that light, we indicate to God our readiness to receive more light. Gradually, things that before seemed hazy, dark, and remote become clear, bright, and familiar to us . . . The process of gathering spiritual light is the quest of a lifetime."

I feel that the Lord has more light to give me here on this earth. And instead of waiting for it to come to me I want the Lord to know I am ready to receive it. I do look forward to the day when I can look at myself in the mirror and see the woman that the Lord sees, for I know she is glorious and bright. It is fun to catch glimpses of here now and then but to become who He knows I can be will be glorious.