Heavenly Father Doesn't Expect Us to Be Perfect Right Now

The other day I was watching Eli try to stand. He's just barely learning how to do it. Anyway, as all children do at his age, eventually Elijah feel down. This has happened many times, but this time Eli gave me the impression that he just wanted to cry out "Why can't I do this? I try and try and feel like I'm doing everything the same way as you are, but why doesn't it work out when I do it?" I didn't know how to explain to him that he is a child. That no one expects him to be able to walk right not, we just want him to keep trying and growing stronger. Every time he falls down, he learns a little more about how walking works, and every time he pulls himself back up again he learns even more. Like most parents, I helped him up again, and told him that it's alright, he'll get it.

Heavenly Father must see us much in the same way. We get so frustrated (I know I do) that we can't just seem to make things work out or do things as well as we would like to sometimes, but we aren't supposed to become perfect in a day. He just wants us to keep going and keep trying, and He'll guide us as we try to move forward. We need to keep trying things so that we can learn, but He will always be there to help us back to our feet and hold our fingers so that we can stand and try to learn how to walk.