The Bountiful Gal - Standing For Truth

I had a whole blog ready to write.  I thought it was perfect!  Then I decided to listen to one more conference talk by Elder Holland called " Waiting on the Lord " and everything changed.  As I listened to his talk, with what I was going to write in the back of my head, the answer "You still aren't understanding it" came.   I don't get it!!  In my mortal and imperfect mind, I still think I can control situations and control the outcome.  I still think I can make things happen exactly the way I want with the least amount of pain and suffering.  I still want instantaneous solutions and miracles.  I still think faith means instant.  I still think righteousness means we don't have to suffer or suffer as badly.    My former blog post was going to talk all about how sometimes the answers or healings don't come because we haven't opened ourselves to the Lord. I believed I had come up with the perfect step by step solution to always re...

 This morning while getting ready for church I was listening to my Sunday playlist and the song  Angels Among Us  by Alabama came on.  I wasn't expected it.  It wasn't my normal Sunday playlist song, but it was what I needed to hear today.    ANGEL = a divine messenger DIVINE = proceeding directly from God I take this to mean an angel is a messenger sent directly from God!  Angels are a way for us to see God's hand in our lives.  A way for us to know that God hasn't forgotten about us.  He loves us and he cares.  Elder Holland in his talk, The Ministry of Angels , says, " He sent angels, divine messengers, to bless His children, reassure them that heaven was always very close and that His help was always very near."  He continues with, " Usually such beings are  not  seen. Sometimes they are. But seen or unseen they are  always  near. Sometimes their assignments are very grand and have significance...