Well folks, I have been having a string of weird and realistic dreams lately (not realistic in that they are things that could ever actually happen, but in that I wake up remembering every detail as if it had really happened). I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that i've been sleeping down in the basement in the guest room, or what other factors might be playing into this.... but it's been pretty wild. This is pretty strange for me as I generally don't dream, or at least never seem to remember what I was dreaming about when I wake up.
Last night I dreamed that I was on the campaign management team for the Presidential Elections, but instead of Mitt Romney running, it was Presidente Ribeiro! kkkkk now there is a bandwagon I really would jump on! So there was a team of us, elders poulson, menk, hormazabal, tafoya, blanco, and I, were in charge of translations and publicity. We had some slogan like "he might not speak english, but he knows what it takes!" which I don't know if in reality would make a very compelling argument, but we were leaving obama in the dust :)
I've also been dreaming an awful lot about having a baby! This could easily be attributed to katie's pregnancy, or the increased amount of time i've been spending with little rose and rachel, but it's totally freaking me out. My little baby talks like a full size adult, and i keep her in a little bowl. She never wants to sleep, and for some reason the FBI are after us so we're on the run. I think it is clear that I am not really ready for that kind of responsibility! (just kidding, i cannot wait to have a little baby! and i will not keep her in a bowl.)
I have also dreamed about giant lice attacking the family, and rafael is always popping up (generally just in the nick of time to save me from some awful fate. talk about cliché!)
I feel like Pharaoh, i need an interpreter! kkkkkkkkkkkk
Monday, November 5, 2012
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Tender Mercies of the Lord
“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 Ne. 1:20).
Since I got home from my mission, I've had some pretty hard moments. I've definitely felt alone, or without purpose. I've felt this peace or hope or faith that comes because of the simply, loving mercies of a Father in Heaven who is aware of me, and loves me.
One of the sweetest tender mercies I've experience was a letter I got from John this week. It said everything that I was needing to hear. Now, a handwritten letter from john is a miracle by any standards! but I felt so comforted that the Lord was able to use Elder Wells to touch my life. There have been lots of other moments, too. A scripture that answered a question, a phone call from katie, an email, a photo. Simple, tiny things that are BIG and important to me. It could be easy to call them coincidences, or not even notice these moments at all, but I believe that the Lord loves us. And I know that He blesses us in personal, simple ways, that show us how much He cares.
"We should not underestimate or overlook the power of the Lord’s tender mercies. The simpleness, the sweetness, and the constancy of the tender mercies of the Lord will do much to fortify and protect us in the troubled times in which we do now and will yet live. When words cannot provide the solace we need or express the joy we feel, when it is simply futile to attempt to explain that which is unexplainable, when logic and reason cannot yield adequate understanding about the injustices and inequities of life, when mortal experience and evaluation are insufficient to produce a desired outcome, and when it seems that perhaps we are so totally alone, truly we are blessed by the tender mercies of the Lord and made mighty even unto the power of deliverance (see 1 Ne. 1:20)."
Overall a really great talk that is definitely worth rereading. http://www.lds.org/ensign/2005/05/the-tender-mercies-of-the-lord
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