This week, two men from our ward came and gave our investigator Tammy a Priesthood blessing- it was sweet. They didn't know anything about the rough situation she is going through right now, but they said very specific things she needed to hear and has been wondering about, things she hadn't even told us. It was a testimony to me of the power of the Priesthood and that those blessings are really from God.
Something that really stuck out to me this week as I re-read it is part of the definition of "Prayer" in the Bible Dictionary. It says, "As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father, and we are His children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part (Matt. 7:7–11). Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant but that are made conditional on our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings."
God is willing and waiting to grant us blessings. We must pray that we can know and do HIS will so that we can receive the greatest blessings He has in store for us, not the lesser things that we think we need and want from Him. This is something I'm slowlyyyyy starting to learn... I will be happiest when I follow His plan for me, not when I am pursuing what I think is best for me. Which reminds me of Elder Oaks' talk from conference, No Other Gods Before Me... or something like that. Check it out, it's a bit humbling.
I hope everyone is loving life. And as I heard in the song that all the little kids sang at a baptism this week, "I want my life to be as clean as earth right after rain." Do what you gotta do to make your life that clean!
Love, Sister Welling
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