Inspired Writings

"Consider the Lilies How they Grow: they toil not, they spin not..." Luke 12:27 I want to share an experience I had today. This morning I woke up feeling sick and the rest of the day was just kind of blah. Sometimes I have days where I feel like I don't have a place in the world and I forget my value. And today was one of those days.  I got home and knelt down to pray to Heavenly Father. It's kind of one of those pleading prayers that you just really really need him to answer and you just want to know that he is there and listening. Well, during the prayer, I could feel comfort flood my body (also not the first time I have received his spirit like that). So I knew that was his initial connection to me to show me he was there, listening. And then I got an idea to go watch those Bible Videos that the church comes out with. I cannot describe the love I felt from Heavenly Father as I watched them. Every word Christ was saying was everything I needed to here.  ...

Recently I have been thinking about a profound truth. Service heals us. Sometimes in life, I think we tend to become so engrossed in our own problems, that we forget to stop and look around at the people around us and THEIR problems. Why do we do this? Well, it could be a number of things. One of the reasons we do it is because we feel like we aren't in a place to help other people if we, ourselves, are struggling. I was talking to my roommate the other day and she presented this argument. She wondered why people feel like they can't serve while they, themselves, are struggling. And then she said, if anything, the service they render to a friend who is in need will be more beneficial to them than if they did nothing. Service is the Balm of Gilead we need. Service is the key to a happy life.  It may be hard to help someone when you are feeling bad yourself. There is that idea that they teach when you are flying on an airplane and the instructor reminds you that in case ...