Sunday, or Summer, Will Come!

Today was an ice cream day. Also, it was almost 70 degrees outside today, which made my heart feel so full of joy and gratitude. I think I pray a hundred more times when the weather is warm-- just because whenever I walk outside I can't help but offer up a quick prayer of gratitude for the sunshine. I went for a short run outside and loved every second of it. I feel inspired and motived to sign up for a ton of races for the summer. Today I also drove around town with the windows down and the radio blaring, just for good measure. I love that summer always follows winter.

Not to be dramatic or anything, but sometimes winter for me is like a depressing friday. Friday in this context was terrible because it was the day that Christ was crucified. But Sunday, or summer, always follows whatever terrible Friday or winter we find ourselves in. I am so grateful for this truth in my life.

It is on days like today that I can't help but to think about the talk given by Joseph B. Wirthlin in the October 2006 general conference, "Sunday Will Come." Friday in this context was terrible because it was the day that Christ was crucified, yet on Sunday, he was resurrected, and so his suffering was not in vain. I love this quote:

Each of us will have our own Fridays—those days when the universe itselfseems shattered and the shards of our world lie littered about us inpieces. We all will experience those broken times when it seems we cannever be put together again. We will all have our Fridays.

But I testify to you in the name of the One who conquered death—Sundaywill come. In the darkness of our sorrow, Sunday will come.

No matter our desperation, no matter our grief, Sunday will come. In this life or the next, Sunday will come.

Not to be over dramatic or anything, but sometimes winter for me is like a depressing friday for me. Or sometimes life in general just gets to a point where it almost seems too much to handle. But Sunday, or summer, always follows whatever terrible Friday or winter we find ourselves in. I am so grateful for this truth in my life.