Me Thinks

Have you ever turned something over to the Lord?

Has there been a time in your life when you have been dealing with something, 

and no matter your efforts, no matter your faith, no matter your desire, 

you can't solve it and you need the Lord's help?

It is my natural inclination to try to solve things on my own.  

I think, "I can do this", or, "I can figure this out."  

But sometimes I can't, even after a lot of trying.  

Or sometimes, things are out of my control.  The outcome of the certain situations is not dependent on me, but on the actions of someone else.

At those times, the situation really feels out of my control, because it is! 

So sometimes, the best thing for me to do is to pray in faith, be obedient, 

turn it over to the Lord, and then wait patiently. 
I wait for days, months, or sometimes years, 
 always hoping, continuing to pray in faith, 

continuing to plead and ask,  and seeking the Lord's will.  

Good things happen to me while I am waiting on the Lord.  

I feel closer to Him.  I feel more spiritual and sensitive to the Spirit.  

I feel humble.  I feel more desirous to do good things.  

I wait...and then the miracles begin to happen.

I have been reminded time and time again that miracles have not ceased!  

Our God is a God of miracles!

I have witnessed the Lord's hand in my life and this is what I have learned: 

the Lord's timetable is not our own, and He looks after His sheep.

 Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.

(Psalms 55:22)

Lay them quietly at His feet

one by one:

each desire, however sweet,

just begun;

dreams still hazy, growing bright;

hope just poised, winged for flight;

all your longing each delight--

every one.

At His feet and leave them there,

never fear;

every heartache, crushing care--

trembling tear;

you will find Him always true,

men may fail you, friends be few,

He will prove Himself to you

far more dear.

(By Ruth Graham in "Footprints of a Pilgrim")

Individual willpower, personal determination and motivation, 

and effective planning and goal setting are necessary but ultimately 

insufficient to triumphantly complete this mortal journey.  

Truly we must come to rely upon "the merits, 

and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah. 

(David A. Bednar in "In the Strength of the Lord", 23 October 2001, 2 Nephi 2:8)

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