Our Truest Friend

7/24/2013 through 7/27/2013 - I read Jacob chapters 4 through 7. 

  First of all, I am sorry that I have been neglectful in posting. I really didn't think I was doing this for anyone but me, and Friday I was told otherwise by someone who missed the posts. I am so humbled to know that my testimony of the things I am reading has touched someone else, even in the smallest measure. 

  What I have taken from the Book Of Jacob is the value of following Christ and keeping his commandments. Jacob was preaching of a Christ yet to come. I am believing in a Christ that lives in eternal and everlasting love. The faith is the same. And I have learned the power of unwavering faith in my own life;

"Wherefore, we search the prophets, and we have many revelations and the spirit of prophecy; and having all these witnesses we obtain a hope, and our faith becometh unshaken, insomuch that we truly can command in the name of Jesus and the very trees obey us, or the mountains, or the waves of the sea."   --Jacob 4:6

We have the gospel in our lives this very day because of the strength of unwavering faith of a boy. My heart is filled with the gladness of the gospel because of this prophet. But at the time he was just a kid! Which is the very testimony of how mindful our Father in Heaven is of our individual needs. He is the one who holds our very lives in his hands and only through unwavering faith can we trust his guidance in becoming the best we can be.

One of my favorite scripture stories of unwavering faith is the story of the woman  plagued with an issue of blood for twelve years, had the faith it took to just touch the robes of the Savior and know that she would be healed. 

Matthew 9:20-22
"And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour."

 ... I am reminded of James 1:6:

"... ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed."

I seek Christ when I need strength beyond my own. And I need strength beyond my own every day!  I know that He is always there. I know He hears my every prayer and I know He loves me. I know of His infinite power and I can call upon His power through through my faith and He will be there to comfort, heal and love me even in the most difficult times of my life. I know with every fiber in my soul that the unwavering power of faith can move mountains! I find strength beyond my own through Him . The voices of the world can be so loud ... the demands in our lives so noisy that it is imperative for us to continually find time to "Be Still" so the voice of the spirit can be heard. Abraham Lincoln said something that I find incredibly profound;

 "I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day"

And so I too am driven to my knees ... I can only find the strength to endure the trials of life when I seek Him . In finding Him I must place my faith and trust in Him, only then will I feel His power.