D&C 121:7-8
"....Thine adversity and thine afflictions are but a small moment, and if thou endure them well. God shall exhalt thee on high...."
It was combined so the Young Women and Young Men were together and Brother Marlin taught it on making Christ our number one person that we love and respect the most. He showed the movie Lamb of God. We started out singing I Know That My Redeemer Lives, and I was fine until I got to the second verse:
2. He lives to grant me rich supply.He lives to guide me with his eye.He lives to comfort me when faint.He lives to hear my soul’s complaint.He lives to silence all my fears.He lives to wipe away my tears.He lives to calm my troubled heart.He lives all blessings to impart.
It just hit me, I started to cry :( When I feel all alone and no one wants to hear my problems, or even cares how I feel. He does. I watched the lamb of God movie and I watched everything 
the Savior went through for me, and I remembered that he knows all the pains I have gone through, all the pain I'm having now, and the pain I will have. He knows excatly how I feel.
He suffered for me so I could have life and happiness. So I can have a chance to make it back to live with him and my Heavenly Father again. He gives me strength every time I turn around, and he is always right there when I need it again.
I know its not easy, and I know every day I find something I wish I could change, but I also know he is aware of every move and thought I have. He knows when I'm having a hard day, and he's willing to give me a boost up when I need it. I also know anything is possible through him, and if I put my faith and trust in him he can make anything happen.
5 comments:
You are wonderful Rach and your testimony is a strength to me :] I really appreciate you and all you do for me. You are caring and loving. I am sorry for the things that you are going through right now (though I do not know what they all are), but just know that I do think about you and pray for you both. I love you both. What a great blessing THE Gospel is. It gives us hope and faith...and Knowledge to endure... I love you... thanks for writing this. It is nice to hear such wonderful words and testimony :]
Thanks for sharing a little of your heart with us...
Rachel I am so sorry you had a bad weekend! Your words are such an inspiration! We came to RS Sat. for MaShayla
s b ball tournament and on the way over there she said "I should've emailed Ms. Rachel and asked her to come!" She still thinks about you a lot and I think it's so cute how she still calls you Ms. Rachel! :) I can't believe she is already 10! Seems like she was just in our class! :(
That's what I have been telling you all along =) You should really start listening to me.... I am soooo smart. No I know that EVERYTHING happens for a reason. Sometimes it takes God to whack us over the head more than once for us to figure it out. But I know it's easier said than done but you will get answers to your prayers and when it does finally happen you will be able to look back and be sooooo thankful that God didn't work on YOUR time-HIS ;0) Sometimes it makes us very upset and frustrated but you just got to remember God didn't put us here to suffer, he put us to learn. So you have to try and rememeber what should I or can I be learning right now. It helps pass the time :)Oh and I been meaning to tell you and I forget....read your patriachal Blessing. I remember it says something that will be a help for you!! Love you and remember to smile!!!!=O}
I'm not sure why you had such an awful week/weekend, but I am sure grateful for your post. Its kinda funny, ya know, when we were younger, I always kinda felt like a mentor to you and Becky, and yet in this post you have 100% surpassed me. Rachel, you are an amazing person with an incredible testimony. You are an amazing spiritual giant in my eyes. I wish that I was half the person that you have become. I am so proud of you and hope that you are able to see past the bad times and look to the good ones. Hang in there and know that I love you and am grateful to call you a friend.
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