I listened to an interview with Gerald Lund, and he told a couple of stories that were pretty great and taught a terrific point. First of all, here's the interview, well worth listening to.
http://mormonchannel.org/conversations/38
He mentioned losing a $27 check when he was a paper boy, and after walking his route 2.5 times to find it, he decided to pray. Upon opening his eyes after the prayer, he saw the check in a bush in front of him.
Also, he mentioned one night as a teenager he felt like he should drive home instead of driving around town at night after work (around midnight). He decided to do that instead of following his usual route. The next day his mom handed him the paper and he saw that 4 teenagers were killed 7 minutes after he decided to turn around on the same road he was driving. He timed where he would likely be if he continued, and it was right at the place the teenagers crashed and were killed (driving 90-100 mph). His mom did not know that he drove that route at night, but she pointed that article out to him for some reason.
In both instances Elder Lund was immediately shown that the Lord was paying attention to Him and was involved. The Lord could have simply helped him in both instances, but instead he helped Him and showed him immediately that He was involved in blessing Elder Lund's life.
My experience is that God wants us to know He cares and is helping us. He gives us messages so that we can learn that. Elder Bednar mentioned this in his talk, "Tender Mercies of the Lord". Then we can increase our trust and faith in Him, that he cares about the important things and is always watching out for us. I have seen this is true.
No comments:
Post a Comment