Comfort

The world has been weighing heavily on my mind and heart lately. I'm sure if you've been reading this blog recently you know that the question of What Happens After Graduation has been on my mind a lot. That stress, plus the stress of trying to find a job for before graduation (you know, so I can pay my rent and feed myself and all that trivial stuff), some good ol' fashioned chemical and hormonal imbalances in my brain, and other random stressful things have all been wrecking havoc on my piece of mind.

Tonight after pouring my heart out in a rather desperate prayer, I felt prompted to open my scriptures, and this is what I read:

"HEARKEN unto the voice of the Lord your God, while I speak unto you . . . my daughter; for verily I say unto you, all those who receive my gospel are sons and daughters in my kingdom.

"A revelation I give unto you concerning my will; and if thou art faithful and walk in the paths of virtue before me, I will preserve thy life, and thou shalt receive an inheritance in Zion.

"Behold, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou art an elect lady, whom I have called.

"Murmur not because of the things which thou hast not seen, for they are withheld from thee and from the world, which is wisdom in me in a time to come."

Doctrine and Covenants 25:1-4

I'm grateful that the Lord has preserved His words so that we can read them today. I'm grateful that the Spirit can make those words, spoken in another time and place to another person, completely relevant and powerful to me in my life, just as if those words were spoken directly and solely to me. It seems a fantastical claim, but I know that it's true that God knows each and every one of His children - that would be all of mankind - intimately and personally. Furthermore, I know He has a plan for each of us, a plan meant to make us the best and the happiest we can be. And I know that by embracing the gospel and following that plan that "the best and the happiest we can be" is so much more than anything we could ever possibly imagine.