Take My Hand

I know that God is walking with me and holding my hand. A couple of weeks ago I was teaching the young women a lesson. I had a hard time coming up with a lesson that week. I decided to take half the time and talk about our baptismal covenant…about comforting those that stand in need of comfort, mourning with those that mourn and just being there for others when they need us. I shared a little about cancer with them, and how some people don’t know what to do or say to people with this disease, especially if it is threatening their life. We then talked about how best to serve someone who is very ill. I was worried about the time, as I still had about 10 minutes and not much else to say, when at the perfect moment, we heard a knock at the door. It was a primary class of about 15 seven year olds. They had made me a Halloween decoration where they had cut out little pumpkin ornaments and written on the back of them good wishes. They presented me with the tree and then sang, “I Am a Child of God”. Afterwards, they all gave me a group hug. The feeling in the room was indescribable…the spirit was so intense. We were all in tears. It was one of the sweetest moments of my life.

During the week, one of the ornaments kept falling off the tree. On the back of that ornament, one of those sweet children had written, “I will pray for you.” I felt those prayers each time I picked up the ornament.

A few days ago I answered a phone call from the Relief Society president. She wanted to know if I could have my 16 to 18 year old girls come into RS on the last week in November and I teach the lesson for them and the sisters. I immediately felt the spirit, and knew I was supposed to teach, so I said yes. Then I asked what the lesson was. She had to take a minute to look it up. The lesson was titled “Faith to Move Mountains”. I had just had a blessing the previous night that said I can be healed according to my faith.

In all these incidences, and in countless others, I have felt Heavenly Father putting his arms around me and saying, “I am here, just hang in there, I will not let you down”.