Where love is, there God is also.
So, General Conference was awesome, of course! The Spirit was tremendous. It would have been better if we'd been able to see the first half of the first session, though. Our satellite dish was thrown out of whack, and none of the dish repair people that anyone knew were available. In the meantime, we were playing Book of Mormon hangman, and scripture golf, so it was fun enough there. ;] So, anyway, Linn got the idea to pray about it. Duuuuh! I felt so stupid that I didn't think of it before. So, the three of us prayed, and, lo and behold, 15-20 minutes later, we had General Conference. Chris ended up going out to see if moving it around helped, but it's a huge dish, and the margin of error is so huge on those things that he wasn't overly confident. Well, it ended up working! Very easily, in fact. Oh, the power of prayer! I will elaborate more on Conference after tomorrow. ;] Anyone want to tell me what I missed?
The night wrapped up on a gloomy note, though. Bro. Livingston, our old branch president, died today, as did an uncle of one of our friends. Thennn, my grandma was having a hard time breathing and had some tingling in her arm, so she ended up in the Emergency Room. She's still there, and they're running some tests, but it looks like she'll be okay. There's so much to pray about, and I would really appreciate some help. ;]
It sounds bad to people that don't understand, but Brother Livingston's death was actually a positive, rather than the huge negative that the world makes it out to be. He was in his 80's and had been put in a nursing home a couple months ago. He was having a really hard time there for awhile and getting frustrated with not being able to do anything for himself, even and especially in the nursing home. Plus, his wife, whom he is sealed to, had died a couple years ago, so I'm sure that there's a huge party going on in the heavens. We will miss you Brother Livingston, but we know that you are truly at peace. Welcome home. ♥
The article that has been playing back in my mind tonight with so many thoughts of mortality is the one in this month's Ensign, which was written by the man whose wife died of cancer. He said that they had prayed and fasted for a miracle, and so they were confused and hurt when she died, because that miracle was not given to them. But, after much thought, he realized that their great miracle had been performed, because in the resurrection, her body will be made whole. "Through many tears my understanding was enlarged to see that Juanita would indeed receive a miraculous healing. Because of the plan of salvation, Juanita would pass from this life into a beautiful place to be greeted by her father, our daughter who had passed away, and the Savior. Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, Juanita would be healed and at the Resurrection have a perfect body, free from cancer and any other illness."
That article touched me so much. I seriously recommend reading it. It is titled "The Proclamation, A Guide, a Comfort, and an Inspiration" and is on page 52. If you have already/when you read it, please share any thoughts that you had with me. I'm interested in hearing some. ;]
The night wrapped up on a gloomy note, though. Bro. Livingston, our old branch president, died today, as did an uncle of one of our friends. Thennn, my grandma was having a hard time breathing and had some tingling in her arm, so she ended up in the Emergency Room. She's still there, and they're running some tests, but it looks like she'll be okay. There's so much to pray about, and I would really appreciate some help. ;]
It sounds bad to people that don't understand, but Brother Livingston's death was actually a positive, rather than the huge negative that the world makes it out to be. He was in his 80's and had been put in a nursing home a couple months ago. He was having a really hard time there for awhile and getting frustrated with not being able to do anything for himself, even and especially in the nursing home. Plus, his wife, whom he is sealed to, had died a couple years ago, so I'm sure that there's a huge party going on in the heavens. We will miss you Brother Livingston, but we know that you are truly at peace. Welcome home. ♥
The article that has been playing back in my mind tonight with so many thoughts of mortality is the one in this month's Ensign, which was written by the man whose wife died of cancer. He said that they had prayed and fasted for a miracle, and so they were confused and hurt when she died, because that miracle was not given to them. But, after much thought, he realized that their great miracle had been performed, because in the resurrection, her body will be made whole. "Through many tears my understanding was enlarged to see that Juanita would indeed receive a miraculous healing. Because of the plan of salvation, Juanita would pass from this life into a beautiful place to be greeted by her father, our daughter who had passed away, and the Savior. Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, Juanita would be healed and at the Resurrection have a perfect body, free from cancer and any other illness."
That article touched me so much. I seriously recommend reading it. It is titled "The Proclamation, A Guide, a Comfort, and an Inspiration" and is on page 52. If you have already/when you read it, please share any thoughts that you had with me. I'm interested in hearing some. ;]