Miracles of the Priesthood - from August 21, 2017

This week was great!

I got sick!

Tuesday night I didn't sleep at all cause I felt like throwing up all
night, the next day was the same, and then the following night, with
still some sickness the next day. Pretty much have had health problems
all week but it's been great! I've been thinking a lot about the role
of afflictions in our lives a lot. In the Book of Mormon this week I
was reading ether chapter 6. This was a people trying to cross the
ocean and they had made these ships that we totally enclosing. No
sails, no paddles or anything. So God has to cause winds and storms
upon the ocean in order to get them to move across the ocean. So these
winds were blowing towards the "promised land" and the waves would
come crashing down upon their vessels and they would then be tossed
around and even sometimes totally submerged and deep in the ocean
until they prayed and were brought back up to the surface to then
again be hit with a wave. But a verse in this chapter is this:
8 And it came to pass that the wind did never cease to blow towards
the promised land while they were upon the waters; and thus they were
driven forth before the wind.
I can't imagine what these people were thinking. Maybe, "why is God
punishing us with all these stormy windy waves when we have been
good?" They may have wondered why God couldn't just have a gentle wind
gently blow them over, across the ocean, into the promised land. But
the fact is that God just doesn't work like that. He uses the
recourses of the earth and the elements and season of the earth to
perform such miracles. But what caught me in this scripture is that
the winds never did cease to blow towards the promised land. We will
always face some kind of wind, trial, or affliction in life. But the
other half of this statement is that it will be for our good, it will
always be blowing us towards the promised land, toward Him.
So this week when I got upset or something I just said, "keep blowing
me to the promised land baby!!!"

Speaking of wind. A tornado happened across the river from us. We were
driving home though and it started raining soooo hard. The winds just
blew against the car so hard. We couldn't see out the window with the
blades going all the way even when we were stopped. I got so scared I
had my comp say a prayer while I was driving. I thought I was about to
die. Ahaha. But I was just being a baby.

Friday was super good! President Bednar had a special conference and
he rebuked the mission! It was awesome. He set us straight! I liked it
so much. Haha. Why did I? Because he did it with such love. Love was
his force, not power. I can honestly say I've never felt so much love
from someone that is not family, than from president Bednar. He is
awesome.

My testimony this week I feel to share is that the words of Christ
will tell you all that you should do. I know.... that is true. In the
name of Jesus Christ, amen.