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Do you SEE God's Goodness

I have tried to be diligent with journal writing since Oct 2007.  Pres Eyring gave a talk entitled "O Remember, Remember" and it inspired me to look for God's tender mercies every day of my life.  Some days came easy to see his hand and other days I had to really ponder and ask Heavenly Father how he blessed me that day.  As I began doing this, my attitude in life shifted.  More miracles came into my life because I was focused on the hand of God in my life.  Some of my most spiritual experiences in life have come during the times that I have been diligent with my journal writing.  

I believe that our attitude in being willing to see God's hand in our lives is the key to life!  It's the key to being able to stay obedient to God even when the world around us is falling apart.  It's the key to finding peace even when there are scary things happening in the world and we don't know what's coming for us.  It's the key to feeling joy because we recognize God's hand in everything.  Gratitude brings the Spirit into our lives.  Through the Holy Ghost our testimony of God's goodness grows.

This morning I was reading Helaman 16:23 and was surprised by what it says, "And notwithstanding the signs and the wonders which were wrought among the people of the Lord, and the many miracles which they did, Satan did get great hold upon the hearts of the people upon all the face of the land."

My first thought was, if God was giving them so many signs, wonders, and miracles how could they be deceived by Satan?   My mind immediately realized that they did not recognize the signs, wonders and miracles.  They weren't seeking to see God's hand in their lives.  And since life is crazy and busy God's miracles happened, but weren't recognized and the people weren't able to grow testimonies of God's goodness through them.

I wrote in the side of my scriptures, "Am I seeking to see the signs, wonders and miracles of God?"  Faith is active!  God is always good!  He is always doing His part to help bless the world.  It's up to us to seek to see!  

Since my car accident I let myself slip in journal writing.  I stopped seeking to see God's goodness in my life.  Not because I didn't want to see it, but because I justified my sickness and the time it took to write in my journal.  I would tell myself that God would excuse me because I was so sick.  And though God is merciful and doesn't punish me for not writing in my journal, I personally missed out on building my relationship with Him.  I missed out in seeing His great goodness in my life which builds a stronger foundation to stand on.  

I don't want to miss out anymore!  I want to grow daily!  I don't want to be stagnant in life and my testimony of God.  There is always room to grow!  Just like with coaching gymnastics.  Even the best of the best coaches need to look for new ways to teach a skill, we in life must always have an open mind to learn and see God.

I hope that you will join me and seek to SEE God's goodness in your daily life!

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April said…
I agree! So beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
September 7, 2020 at 6:30 AM
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