The Hand of God

Dear Precious Gems,

This week was such a blessed week. Lots of opposition. But I saw the Hand of God throughout it and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I think that with every trial, struggle, fatigue, etc. come beautiful lessons to learn. We first learn who we truly are to our Father in Heaven. We are miraculous beings to our Father in Heaven. The second thing we learn about ourselves is that we are strong spirits and can do anything and everything that our Father has asked us to do. Like in 1 Nephi 17. AWESOME CHAPTER ABOUT FOLLOWING THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD!! But one of my favorite verses is 50...

"If the Lord commanded me to do all things I could do them..."

I testify that I know that this a simple message that is meant for our times now ESPECIALLY!!! I know that as we are constantly reading His words in the Book of Mormon and the Bible, we will gain exactly we need at that time for that specifically for us or for someone else that needs it. I know that as we are constantly relying on the Lord, we will never go astray. We are his and the moment we begin to get off track, he will guide through the spirit to get us back on the straight and narrow path before us that will lead us to our Father in Heaven.

Something that I learned from 1 Nephi 17 just yesterday as we were reading it with a recent convert was that God allows experiences and when we go to the Lord, He can teach us the simple truth that our father in heaven is God. He knows best for us and can do all things. We can't fully comprehend even Who he truly is. But that is what is so beautiful about this life. We get to know him even better.

Before this life, we lived with him as spirit children. We had a good relationship with Him. But we were just spirits. We couldn't fully have the deep relationship that we could gain with him unless we came here and gained a body. So physically we can learn everyday about him and the love that he has for us and gain witness of it. It is how we truly can recognize his sacrifice for us and we get to see through his eyes little by little everyday who we are but as well with all things.

I know that he is so desirous for us to learn the love he has for us and it is through getting to know the Savior through the atonement that we get to know our Father in Heaven. Because he is the perfect example.

I know he loves us and wants us to have success as we walk the path to return to him.

This week we had a baptism for a wonderful girl. SHE IS SUCH A STRONG SPIRIT. This wonderful young woman had come a long way and the journey was tough, but when the time came for her to be baptized, she had made the steps herself with her Savior. That was the most beautiful miracle this week.

The scripture that came to my mind during all of this was , "By small and simple things... great things are brought to pass..." I know this truly related to her.

And because of the small steps she took before through her months of learning the lessons, she was truly ready to receive the great opportunity to make a covenant with God through the waters of baptism and take upon her the name of her beloved Savior Jesus Christ.

I know that our Father is a merciful god. He is aware of us and all we go. All we have to do is to go unto him and we will see that He is always there with us.

I know He lives.

I love you all!

Motra Bezas

With a previous companion on an exchange - Motra Bezas sure loves her