The story of our pioneer ancestors on their trek across the plains of the United States is powerful. They believed in God. They believed in the need to worship God. They came from all over to make it to Salt Lake City. But just because they believed and came did not mean it would be easy for them. They had many obstacles to face along the way. For those who continued each day in faith and trusting God would provide, found miracles comparable to those from the Bible.
Here in Utah, many stakes will reenact this trek with the youth in their areas. This year was the year for my stake. Abree was old enough to go, but I wasn't sure how I felt about her going. We just got back a month ago from treatments for her CRPS. What if I sent her and her CRPS flared up? What if she couldn't do the walking? Would the leaders understand? And the questions and doubt continued to come. I wanted her to go and I wanted her to have the experience of trek, but I didn't know how she would do. Luckily I had leaders that were more than willing to work with her and us to make sure she didn't have any pain. And luckily I have a husband who knows me so well, that he took off work to be there too. Knowing he would be there took away so much worry and anxiety for me.
Wednesday, early morning they took off; and from the moment they left, my prayers never stopped! I prayed for her to have the strength to be able to participate. I prayed that her pain would stay manageable. I prayed she'd have the courage to tell someone if her pain became too much. And so on and so on. Each day for 4 days my individual prayers and family prayers with the younger girls were for able to have the miracle of participating in this unique and testimony building experience. I later found out that Grandma was also praying for the same thing for her!
I anxiously awaited for 4 days to hear how it went! By day 3 I couldn't take it anymore and I begged Zac to call me and give me an update. To my surprise I heard that she was doing amazing and even was walking a little bit each day with no pain! My heart was lifted! She was receiving her miracle. She was having her own 17 Miracle moments! She was able to walk about 10 miles in total over the 4 days of trek and only have mild pain for a few hours.
Yesterday, as she sat and told me of her stories and experiences with a smile and excitement, I cried! I felt so blessed for the miracles she received! She was able to not only walk in the women's pull but she was able to pull the handcart and feel the powers of heaven strengthen her! She was able to have immediate answers to her pleading for God's strength. She was also blessed with an amazing Ma and Pa that were very mindful of her medical needs and all the Stake YW presidency members were checking on her, along with their family members. She also was able to participate in all the evening experiences and even beat out a handful of boys in some of the games. I couldn't have asked for a better experience for her!
All it takes is the faith of a mustard seed with a pure intent to do the Lord's will and we can see miracles in our own life!
I hope you are praying and asking for miracles in your own life and then asking for the capacity to see the miracles happen.
If you want to hear more on faith and trust - Go follow Eva Timothy's institute class called enLIGHTen on instagram. It is Wednesday mornings at 9 am MT. This past week (July 5th), I had the privilege of being on with her and talking about her painting Fireworks of Faith (which Abree is the model for). You can rewatch it on her page.
God is Good!
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