I am grateful for the hour of play this snowstorm brought me. Still, I am so ready to watch little green things grow. I hope we are done. But, somehow I doubt it.
Spiritual thought:
This week while reading the Doctrine and Covenants I came across the passage where the Lord tells Joseph Smiththat he will have hard trials in his life but that He,the Savior, will be with him till the end of his days. What a powerful promise and revelation. The beautiful part of this scripture is that although Joseph Smith may have been busily engaged in the Lord's work, we too can have the Lord's support with us until the end of our days, especially if we stay obedient and choose to stay on his path.
Just because we are about the Lord's business or keeping the commandments does not mean we are free from trials. All of us will face opposition and trials in our life. And I honestly do not believe that they are given to us by our Father in Heaven although I do believe he allows what we can bear to happen. I do believe he is with us, in fact I know he is.
A year and a half ago, someone very dear to me was suffering in an mentally abusive and dangerous marriage. There were nights I could not sleep as I feared for her life. At the time I was powerless to help. It was an agonizing time of helplessness for me. I would stay awake praying and worrying until I would hear words in my heart similar to those given to Joseph. "Do not worry. I am with her. I will keep her safe." would be calmly whispered to my heart and I would finally drift off to sleep knowing she was protected. Eventually, I was given the opportunity with the prompting of the spirit to help this loved one. So amazing was the timing of this opportunity that I knew then that He had been standing beside her the whole time.
Throughout my life I have found that when I need my Savior and Heavenly Father, I never have to search very far. Their love, or the gift of the Holy Ghost is always within my reach. Yes, their have been times when I have wandered away from them a little but they have never abandoned me.
1 comment:
Thank you for that beautiful reminder. We most definitely need many reminders about staying on the Lord's path. It is so easy to fall off in times of hardship as well as in times of good. There have also been many times when I have wondered why so many trials come to those who are good and are really trying to live a righteous life. Reading what you wrote reminded me that it is not God who gives us our trials but he does allow them to come and for what reason we do not always know but usually later we realize why it was so.
Anyway this has been way too long. It was just what I needed to read.
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