With faith in every footstep

 I've been putting a lot of thinking about my personal goals and life in general lately. The world is changing so much and so fast. I recognize signs of the second coming everywhere. It is scary, and makes me wonder how much sense makes to plan for the future.

Today while looking for some answers to my questions, I found a talk from President Holland titled "Terror, Triumph, and a Wedding Feast". I love him and all his talks so much. These particular paragraphs really spoke to my heart, and came as an answer to me:

"First, we must never, in any age or circumstance, let fear and the father of fear divert us from our faith and faithful living. There have always been questions about the future. Every young person or every young couple in every era has had to walk by faith into what has always been some uncertainty. But that is all right. This is the plan. It will be okay. Just be faithful. God is in charge. He knows your name and He knows your need.

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ- that is the first principle of the gospel. We must go forward, as it says in K. Newell Dayley's hymn commemorating our pioneers of the past, "with faith in ev'ry footstep". But like those pioneers, you do have to keep taking them- one step and then another and then the next. That is how tasks are accomplished, that is how goals are achieved, and that is how frontiers are conquered. In more divine language, that is how worlds are created and it is how your world will be created.

God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future; He expects you to embrace and shape the future- to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities. 

God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe".

I know I can build my world and shape my future with faith trusting Heavenly Father is in charge of everything. I know He wants us to rejoice in the beautiful world he created for us.