First: "I was sick and ye visited me"
The other day, I was headed out to Utah to spend the weekend with my friends. On my journey, I experienced severe stomach pains...the kind I had when I first got this mysterious sickness. With these pains, I felt prompted to visit a hospital. Naturally, I thought that was the craziest thing ever, and I tried my best to avoid it. I figured maybe I would have my mom set up a doctors appointment for me back in Vegas and then that prompting would go away. Well, it didn't. It only grew stronger. Now it was telling me to turn around and go to a hospital back in Vegas! Soon, I found myself in tears, pulled over and explaining my situation to my mom on the phone. Thankfully, she is incredibly wise and advised me to listen to the Spirit. So, I turned around and headed back to Vegas. I took myself to the hospital and was blessed with the company of my boyfriends amazing mother, Margie. With her help, we met with the doctor an explained everything to him. Turns out this man knew and dated my mother in the past, and was a member of the church. He did an ultrasound on me and gave me some morphine (boy that sure took all the pain away!), but couldn't do much else. He gave me a referral to a different doctor and said he'd let them know my situation. I'll be seeing this doctor next week and we'll be checking out my gall bladder.
I learned from all of this, that Heavenly Father knew that my patience has dwindled with this sickness and in a way, I had given up on finding a solution. He guided me to a hospital and a plan was created for me to get this figured out. After this event, my stomach pains have continued and been far more frequent than usual. Heavenly father certainly knew this would happen. I'm so grateful for His guiding hand.
Second: "Comforteth us in all our tribulation"
Yesterday, my grandpa's 13 year old German Pointer, Tigger, passed away. My grandpa has been living on his own with Tigger and his other dog Penny. These dogs are his everything, his children. Losing Tigger was unexpected and, indeed, sad. My grandpa has told me several times in just 24 hours how thankful he is that I am here with him. Being here with him during this experience has shown me that when Heavenly Father's children are hurting, He finds ways to comfort them. Sometimes that comfort comes from others. I am the thankful one, to be able to help my grandpa feel any kind of comfort and love at this time...Heavenly Father has certainly blessed me with that opportunity.
Third: "Whether by my own voice, or the voice of my servants, it is the same"
My grandpa and I were in the middle of watching "Tangled" together this afternoon, when we were visited by the sister missionaries in our ward. Our visit was short and sweet. We talked about life as a missionary, about their backgrounds, and ended with a scripture from Doctrine and Covenants. An event that seemed miniscule at the time, in actuality was exactly what I've been needing. Visiting with them brought back memories of my mission and rekindled that fire inside my soul to share this great message of the restored gospel with anyone and everyone! Missionary work is never over. Striving to live like the Savior is a great way to be a missionary. I'm so glad that I was reminded of that today! Heavenly Father knew I needed to remember the feelings and experiences I had as a missionary so I could work a little harder each day to better myself and share the gospel by being an example to those around me.
Heavenly Father is constantly guiding our lives. Sometimes we just need to step back and have that "ah-ha" moment where we recognize the small, or big, things He has done and is doing to show us He is there. I'm so glad I have finally noticed the ones He's thrown my way lately. He is mindful of me, He is mindful of you. Count every blessing as they come :)
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