The gift of feeling our Weakness

Weakness is not something we like to admit. In fact I know that I personally try and put my best foot forward, think before I speak and be the best version of myself.

Here is what I know if I have a best foot I have a worst and even if you can't see it.

If I have to think before I speak it is to filter out all the things that I think but shouldn't say.

If I have a best version of myself then I also have a worst.

Our super smart and loving Heavenly Father allows us to be weak so that we can humble ourselves before he who has no weakness. Sometimes when I am weak I feel shame and disappointment. Sometimes when I am weak I feel hopeless and useless. But always I feel humbled by my weakness. I feel the gap between me and Thee and know that the atonement is the only way for me to be whole someday.

I don't know if I am grateful for having weakness, but I am grateful for feeling weakness in myself so I can appreciate the gift of the Holy Ghost, the Atonement of my Savior and the mercy of my Heavenly Father.

It is true that I am weak, and I will continue to work on those weakness my whole life. I hope in recognizing personal weakness we can be more generous to others weakness. I hope that we can be a little less critical, a little more forgiving and a lot more willing to accept people for both their best and worse self.