7 A final word

I am a person who, as soon as the Christmas holidays are over, is ready for spring to arrive. Cold and I do not peacefully coexist.

Utah has experienced a relatively mild winter, a little wetter than normal, but some parts of the country have been absolutely clobbered with ice and snow. Major metropolitan areas like Atlanta and St. Louis and Chicago and New York City have been shut down for days at a time. Some of them more than once.

Fortunately, winter doesn't last forever. And neither do bad days. Or economic downturns. Dawn always follows the night. And there is always a tomorrow.

So, maybe not all your dreams are realized right away, not all your days go as planned. But be grateful for what you do have, for the tender mercies from a loving Heavenly Father. As the psalmist wrote long ago, "This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it" (Psalms 118:24).