A river pilot, a sudden storm, and a quiet prayer offered miles away. This story reminds us that even the most experienced among us need help beyond our own strength and that God is present in life’s most uncertain moments, guiding us through what we cannot see.
Tag: faith
The Miracle of Hope
There is always hope.
The Day I Lost My Grasp on Salvation
Dave is a friend of mine. I share this for two reasons: 1) I completely relate to his experiences as I also served as a missionary in Italy a few years before Dave did and 2) because he beautifully encapsulates something I wished I had learned much earlier in my life–that is: we don’t have…
“Faith, Hope, and Charity, These three”
Today, as I was waiting in the chapel of the Denver Temple, I read this verse: “And see that ye have faith, hope, and charity, and then ye will always abound in good works” (Alma 7:24). There is a clear formula here that I never noticed before… Faith x Hope x Charity = Good Works If…
I can remember my _____ no more.
When We Don’t Know How to Let Go Sometimes when I counsel people who are in pain, they ask how to lay their burden on the Lord. I’ve always found it difficult to describe how to do this. Yet I know it is real and powerful because I’ve experienced it myself. Recently, I asked a…
The Sunday School Answers
The gospel’s simplest answers are often the easiest to overlook. But Jacob teaches that scripture study, revelation, and testimony are the very things that create unshaken faith. Maybe the “Sunday School answers” aren’t shallow at all. Maybe they are the foundation powerful enough to move mountains.
When Your Bow Breaks What Will You Do?
Sometimes the thing we were depending on breaks. Nephi could have joined everyone else in complaining, but instead he made another bow and then sought the Lord’s direction. His experience offers a simple pattern for our own broken plans: do what we can, move forward, and trust God with what comes next.
We Follow Because We Can See
Disputing or Inquiring? In a previous post, I wrote about how Laman’s and Lemuel’s troubles stemmed from a lack of testimony. As Nephi’s record unfolds, that reality becomes increasingly evident. At the beginning of 1 Nephi 15, Nephi comes upon Laman and Lemuel “disputing one with another” (read: arguing — or at best, debating) about…