However Real the Darkness, Still Shines Brighter the Light

Satan and his followers are among us and they are diligently trying to lead us away from the Happiness that our Heavenly Father wants for us. In this life it is sometimes difficult to notice when we are subtly being led away from that plan. This last week I have been very sick and so I have been also very tired. Yesterday I was mostly lying in bed trying to rest, but also thinking. I was thinking about my marriage and how little time I have had with my husband lately. I started to think that maybe spending time with me was no longer important to him. I started analyzing the things he does when he is not spending time with me. I even came to the conclusion that perhaps our marriage is not a priority for him anymore. When he got home from work last night I asked him if we could spend some time together. He voiced that he thought his son needed him. I was completely let down and I told him. I broke down and told him the things that I had been thinking that day. He was so confused by my thoughts. His version of the story was much closer to the reality. Last night I actually got a full night of sleep. Today I am thinking much more clearly. We have a very busy life with six children. It is the season of our life that we do not have a lot of time or energy left for each other at the end of the day. I realize now what had been happening as those thoughts came in to my mind yesterday. It was indeed Satan planting that seed of doubt in my mind. It was Satan trying to make me feel alone, and perhaps hoping I would believe those thoughts so that it would be pointless to bring it up to my husband. I am so thankful for the knowledge that we have from the Gospel and its teachings. At the end of our talk my husband reminded me to not let any darkness in. He said that I must focus on the light so that it will overpower the darkness. In the talk, "Finding Happiness" Elder Richard G. Scott spoke of a dream he had that seemed so real. In the dream he was told that his eternal companion no longer existed and that his marriage to her was not in fact eternal. As devastating as it was for him in the dream, he found a lot of comfort in knowing when he woke up that it was just a dream and that his testimony trumps a dream of darkness. This talk was a very good reminder and another testimony to how evil and cunning the enemy can be. We must always be on guard so that we may be open to guidance and inspiration from Heavenly Father, and not from the adversary.