LDS Blog Challenge Day 3

And here is the second post for today to make up for yesterday.

03. Your favorite New Testament scripture and why?

One of my top ten is 1 Corinthians 10:13:

"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it."

I absolutely love this scripture!!  The Lord never allows us to be faced with a bigger challenge than we can handle.  This stage of my life is supposed to be the happiest.  I am a newlywed.  I am approaching graduation from COLLEGE!!  But at the same time, it has been super hard for me.  Chris and I have spent of our marriage apart, just like we had to spend half of our courtship apart.  It's something that I try not to dwell on but when it is hard.  But you know what the Lord knows that I can get through this.  That I am tough and that I am way stronger than I look.  And already I can feel this experience making me a better wife and making my love and appreciation for Chris that much stronger.  The Lord knew what He was doing when He told us that this was the best decision for us.

There is a quote I believe from Mother Teresa that says, "I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish He didn't trust me so much."  I love this and I firmly believe this quote and this scripture.  The Lord knows us better than anybody else including ourselves and as a result, He knows what we can handle and our lives have been planned accordingly before we were even born.