It never ceases to amaze me how aware my Heavenly Father is of me. He always knows what quote I need to read or what verse I need to study in the scriptures or what will make my burdens light. I can feel his love for me so strongly tonight as I reflect on my day today (and yesterday) and his obvious hand in the way things played out.
I feel like I am supposed share this personal experience with you all, so here we go…
Lately I have been reflecting a lot on the tender mercies of the Lord, so when I saw this yesterday I saved it onto my computer:
Love this quote!
Well because of my recent reflection (I can see now), today during my scripture study I felt inspired to start the Book of Mormon from the beginning, rather than study specific topics like I have been recently. As I was reading I came across this verse, which made a strong impression on me:
[…] But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance. –1 Nephi 1:20
I took time to ponder that verse then listed out several tender mercies I have been given this school year in my scripture journal, finished my scripture study, and moved onto my homework. However, I quickly became stressed and distracted due to my impossible workload and forgot about that verse for a while. Thank goodness the Lord sent me a reminder : )
As I was working I became completely overwhelmed with the sheer amount of homework I had been assigned to be turned in tomorrow, not to mention the hard difficulty level. It would be literally impossible to complete it all and actually get some much needed sleep. Thankfully it was time for dinner about then… I really needed to take a break. Later, when I got back onto the computer to continue working on one of my assignments (one of the largest, most time consuming ones) I noticed a message from my friend was waiting for me. When I opened it she told me that the assignment I was about to keep working on was no longer due tomorrow and that my teacher had extended the deadline five days.
It doesn’t seem like much to most people but as soon as I read that message I KNEW without a doubt that it was a tender mercy from the Lord. I couldn’t help but kneel down right there and say a prayer of thanks, haha. My teacher who gave that assignment isn’t always the most reasonable about our workload so him moving a due date is definitely a miracle and the Lord definitely had a hand in it. I felt (and still feel) so much peace and comfort because I know he is looking out for me (Related post here). He delivered me from an insane amount of homework just like Nephi said he would : )
I have to get back to my homework now but felt I needed to write that down. I want to expand on this topic some more though because it has been weighing heavily on my mind as of late. Look forward for that in upcoming posts and keep your eyes out for tender mercies of the Lord! They aren’t hard to find.
// Sara //
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