Prayer

Prayer is a wonderful blessing that we enjoy in these times of stress and uncertainty to feel sure of divine guidance, to have absolute faith in a personal God who is interested in us and who hears and answers our prayers.


Prayer is a power. It has an influence that comparatively few people seem to understand. …How many are there in this Church who do not know that they have the right, the absolute right, to pray to their Father in heaven, and ask Him to take from them their distress and lead them to contentment and happiness?

The power of prayer is something that cannot be measured. 


-Prophet George Albert Smith 

We are fragile, we are human

"We are shaped by the light we let through us"

I am in complete awe of my life. I am in complete awe of my loving Father in Heaven.  I went through something very difficult recently and in the midst of everything I was overwhelmed with shame, with regrets, with bitterness, with sadness, with loss, with physical and emotional pain, and with so many more emotions.  I am not trying to be dramatic-this is just the raw truth.  And yet in all the chaos of the moment, an internal peace centered within my core.  I didn't reach out to others the way I have before-I didn't look for people to console me or to 'take my side'.  Instead, I told a minimal amount of people and fell to my knees.

There is a real beauty in relying on the Lord-its breathtaking.  How perfect God is in every aspect is what drives my faith even more.  While my outer world seemed shaken, my inner peace took over and I knew I could do what was required of me. This doesn't mean that I have done it completely-this isn't something that occurs over night.  But I know I can do this and God does too.  I am a currant bush right now-and I am being pruned down to the very core.  But its okay-because God knows what He is doing. He is the master of this garden.

And as I sit back in awe, I realize that I'm happy.  What an amazing concept-to be happy in the midst of one of the most difficult hills in life.  But I think that is part of the lesson-why I am being asked to carve out these pieces, so that I can really focus on joy and not strife.

I read a book recently-my Bishop recommended it to me-and there is a line that I absolutely love: 'Faith is being willing to try, again and again and again'. Its not about getting it completely right, its simply about trying to get it right-and I may never get it right, but I am sure going to keep on trying.

We are fragile. We are human. And WE are shaped by the light we let through us. 

There is no safer place...

Then right where the Lord would have you stand. 

I'm grateful for the Temple. I'm so very grateful for my Bishop. I'm grateful for the support and prayers of loved ones (especially when I can't even speak to them at this point). 

Most importantly, I am grateful for an all powerful, all knowing, and loving Heavenly Father. I am not perfect-not even close; but He is and He knows me perfectly. 

This is what I've learned through this current phase of my life.