Our Heavenly Father loves each and everyone of us so incredibly much! Think about it for a moment, out of all the names he has, his favorite it Father. Fathers want nothing more than to help their children progress and be happy (after all it's called the plan of happiness!), that is all he wants for us, to progress and be happy.
Sometimes trials come into our lives, it may be hard to understand how you will be able to deal with a particular something, or make it through. He is always there for us though. If you don't believe me write down all the tender mercies in your life, or all the blessings he has given you. I'm positive that you have more blessings than you can see, and that you have more blessings than trials.
A story keeps coming to my mind. This story is not my own, but it is true.
About a year ago a boy in my ward returned home from serving a full time mission in Canada. He was so excited to be home and seemed to have just the most wonderful passion for life. It seemed like everything was just working out wonderfully for him.
One night he was driving a motor scooter through Provo Utah when there was an accident with a truck and he passed away.
This effected my community greatly. It was so hard to see someone standing on the edge of life be taken away from it. Many people asked why Heavenly Father would allow this to happen. We don't know why, but we do know that he will be with his family forever and will be happy. The Lords plan is often very different from our own.
However through this tragedy there were many tender mercies, and miracles brought forth in his families lives.
Before the accident, when he had returned home he was able to visit his brother in the MTC. Usually they don't let things like this happen, they feel like it will be too distracting for the younger brother in the MTC. However, this time they allowed this to happen. The younger brother actually got to spend time with his older brother before they would part for the rest of this life.
He was preparing to attend BYU in the fall along with his little sister who had made the cougarettes team. This meant that his parents were helping to support one missionary in the field and two BYU students. (it's starting to get confusing only using him, and he, so from now on I will refer to him as Micheal) Micheal had a job and was saving up for school. He had over heard his parents discussing what their financial options could be. He later talked to his mother and told her that he had saved up enough money for one semester of school, and that he wanted his little sister to use it. He knew how much being a cougarette meant to her, and he wanted her to enjoy her first year of college. He decided that he would not go for the semester and work a few jobs to save up for him and his sister to attend the next semester together.
His mother was not fond of this idea and said that the Lord would bless them and they would find a way to make it all work.
After Micheal's accident his mother knew exactly what he would have wanted done with the money in his bank account. The Lord blessed them with that conversation so she knew what he wanted, and the best place to put the money to use.
I'm sure there were many other countless miracles that took place for that family.
The younger brother had decided to stay out on his mission and not come home for the funeral, though he did have the option. He was counseled that it would be easier for him to stay out in the field, that it would be hard to be around all his family in a difficult circumstance, and it would be even harder to leave them again to return to the mission.
He wrote a beautiful letter which was read at the funeral by their cousin. Everyone talked about how even though Micheal had passed away they were positive he was doing even more missionary work on the other side of the veil.
That family was able to see the love and support the community had for Micheal and they saw the love that Heavenly Father had for him, and for everyone.
So no matter what's tough in your life right now, no matter what you are struggling with, know that you Heavenly Father is watching out for you and blessing you with small miracles along the way.
HE LOVES YOU!
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Endure to the end! God Loves you!
Love,
Afton Michelle
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