I know the Lord knows me, but sometimes he surprises me with the tenderest moments. As we were reading The Book of Mormon this morning I was touched as Sydnee read Alma 58:11 Yea, and it came to pass that the Lord our God did visit us with assurances that he would deliver us; yea insomuch that he did speak PEACE to our souls, and did grant unto us great faith, and did cause us that we should hope for our deliverance in him. As she read the word peace stuck out and brought me great peace than I looked to the bottom of the page and there was this sweet quote "Just as Helaman discovered in the midst of battle that 'he did speak peace to our souls' all sincere seekers can have that same peace spoken to them. That peace comes from the assurance spoken by a still, small voice. The Holy Ghost is a personage of spirit who generally communicates not through physical senses but by touching the heart and mind; in other words, He speaks through thoughts, impressions, and feelings and does so sofltly. (Dennis E. Simmons, April, 1997, Genereal Conference).
These past few days I haven't felt a lot of peace and have been struggling with negative thoughts, as I prayed last night to feel peace again and overcome these thoughts the Lord knew -- He knew to how to send me a sweet overwhelming experience with peace.
Thank you for sharing your tender mercy and treminding us of the quote from Elder Simmons. We all need helps with finding peace.
ReplyDeleteIt is so interesting tender mercies were on your mind. They have been on mine also. I have been able to see and be more aware of tender mercies in my life, more than any other time in my life.
ReplyDeleteI am grateful you shared this. It was another tender mercy in my life.
I pray that you feel the peace you need, and the negative thoughts will flee.