"12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto
me, and I will hearken unto you.
13 And ye shall seek me,
and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
14 And I will be
found of you, saith the Lord:"
My favorite scene from this video is after the man who is healed from being blind finds Christ and HE LEAPS into his arms and just collapses.
"I once was blind and now i see"
I have never been literally blind. However I have had my spiritual sight dimmed. Until I found Christ.
I have found happiness in obedience. Not obedience because it is what others expect, but because it is what My father in Heaven hopes for and has commanded.
Growing up and even today there is nothing I love more than my mommy or daddy telling me they are proud of me.
You know the feeling? When some one you look up to so much says "I am proud of you" and your heart sores through the sky because you are doing what is right!?
There are three men I love more than anything.
1.Heavenly Father
2.Jesus Christ
3.My earthly daddy
These men are incredibly influential in my life.
There is a desire I have grown to thirst after and that is to make my Father in Heaven proud. I am learning to keep his laws, simply... because I love him. As I do so I know he is smiling upon me. I feel at peace in knowing that my life is in His hands and He will protect and guide me as long as I do what he says.
I love my Savior Jesus Christ because he gave everything. He gave His life. All so that we could live. He knew we would be imperfect and break fathers laws. He came to earth and suffered all manner of afflictions for you and for me. He over came temptation, he lost His will and submitted to the fathers. He was born to give His life to serving sinners, to lifting the weary, to comforting the sick, and healing the afflicted. He is my big brother, and the example of who I wish to be like some day. To stop everything I am doing, and to ask heavenly father "What can i do for you today?" I wish to lose my will and make it become the fathers will. Just as my Savior Jesus Christ has.
My daddy... I don't even know where to begin. I am His little viking. I have seen this man endure all pain possible, physical, emotional, stressed to all limits that most people would cave in. But not my daddy. He always tells me I can push through my trials because I am a viking. That stubborn viking blood had to come from some where. My daddy is the strongest earthly man I know. He has taught me about respect. Respect for others, respect for my self and what it means to serve. He would give anything to help a soul in need even if it was his last scrap to live from. He teaches me that when things get ugly and you want to give up... Push through. Get up and fight on. Never turn your back. and always fight. He loves my family with out limitations. Especially my mommy. He is the greatest gentlemen. He gives everything so that we can be protected, warm and safe.
I have learned to see quite a parallel here on my mission between my earthly family and heavenly family.
God gives us parents so that we can understand an INKLING of what he feels for us.
He gives parents children to test their limits and push all buttons so that some day our love will be unconditional as His love for us is.
He gives us parents who should and do give everything just as he did. He loves us and He gave us his son so that we could make it home to him.
Just as my earthly daddy cheers me on and tells me "These too shall pass...(These being your kidney stones) My heavenly father says "This too shall pass, just keeping clinging to me and I will guide you through" My daddy encourages me in all that I do, and He warns me of danger and protects me from harm. Just as my heavenly father does. If we swallow our pride and humble ourselves to be led to safety our father in heaven is there.
Heavenly Father is there even if an earthly father cant be or chose not to be. He is there to protect and to watch over us. To love us and to be a refuge from the world.
I can not wait for the day I can collapse into my Father in Heavens arms and kiss his cheeks. To tell him thank you for all he has given me. Even my trials. For the gift of my testimony in knowing that He and His son are there.
There will be a time when He calls us all home, it is my hope that I can stand before His face and hear him say with a tender smile on His face "Well done my good and faithful servant"
It is my desire to reach out to everyone, to give them the same strength I have found in Christ, to give others the same joy I have found through living correct gospel principles and commandments. There is safety in keeping Gods laws, spiritually, emotionally, and physically.
I am happy because I know I am a daughter of God. Even though life is no where near perfect, or rarely if ever easy. I know that nothing we suffer through is in vain. To every lesson there is something to be learned. Through each trial we can be strengthened.
I know that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.
with God nothing shall be impossible.
His arms are always open to you, he is reaching out for you and calling your name. He knows you. He wants to bring you peace, He wishes for you to be happy.
His hands created the earth, they commanded the ocean to be still, they cause the day to be night and the night to be day, let his hands hold you. Let him heal you. Let Him give you happiness.
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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