...the winds never cease to blow...........

When traveling your road of life, (picture it) you get to the point where the road seems flooded with roadblocks, and you stand staring on, wondering,
                            how in the world am I going to get through THAT?
                           Do you ever at that moment say, "Why me?"     
I have been to that bend in the road too. I am beginning to think that we all travel that path. I was reading in the Book of Mormon,* a story is told about the Jaredites, who were a group of people in the times of the "great tower" (tower of babel). The Lord commanded them to prepare to head to the Promised Land. In the world today, no big deal right; buy a ticket, get on a boat, and waaaaala you are there. BUT for them, they had to ask Heavenly Father what to do; how to build 'boats', how to have light in their journey, & etc. Once those concerns were out of the way, they started on. Ether 6:5 is actually what hit me, it says...
 "And it came to pass that the Lord God caused that there should be a furious wind blow upon the face of the waters, towards the promised land; and thus they were tossed upon the waves of the sea before the wind."             
           ............continuing in vs. 8 "And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards the promised land while they were upon the waters; and thus they were driven forth before the wind."

Our wind, our roadblocks, our trials.....they are what blow us TOWARDS the Promised Land. Although we wonder sometimes, are they ever going to stop? I have realized, the Lord was actually getting them to where they needed to be. Notice that the winds blew them TOWARDS the Promised Land, and that is exactly what our trials do, they 'blow' us towards who we are to become.

President James E. Faust once said, "The thorns that prick,
                                 that stick in the flesh,
                                                       that hurt, often change lives which seem robbed of significance and hope.This change comes about through a refining process which often seems cruel and hard. In this way the soul can become like soft clay in the hands of the Master in building lives of faith, usefulness, beauty, and strength. For some, the refiner’s fire causes a loss of belief and faith in God, but those with eternal perspective understand that such refining is part of the perfection process."

When staring on, wondering, how in the world am I going to do THAT? Just remember the Lord knows how. Just buckle up, remember the eternal perspective, & be ready to let Him mold you into who you are to become---TO BECOME LIKE HIM!