A season of Miracles

I feel like I am finally starting to emerge from the deep fog that has encompassed not only my head, but my whole soul. I do NOT like being in that place where depression creeps in, where despair, if given a chance, will smother out HOPE. I have seen in the past 7 weeks absolute MIRACLES in our behalf. Let me list a few. Those of you who have not felt it in a while, please know that Heavenly Father has his hand in your life. He knows of your every need. He requires only that you talk to him. I know that because of our faithfulness and our obedience, swift blessings have been put in our path. First. When Kris came home and told me he had lost his job, my friend Jana told me that we could live in her parents house for a very inexpensive price. The house we had been renting was beautiful but was proving to be VERY COLD in the oncoming winter weather. There was ice on the insides of the upstairs windows and no heat vents in the master bedroom or in the boys room. We literally had cold air from outside blowing through the window closest to our bed and on our heads at night. I was always so cold. So being in this house has been such a miracle and blessing of warmth and coziness. We are very blessed. Second, we have in the very moment of literally being down to our last 5$ had cash placed into our hands and always in just the amount we needed. That happened twice and those events were great miracles!! We have felt the peace and have known that we were being carried by prayers and cradled in the arms of our Heavenly Father as we had people put our family name on the prayer roles in the temple. We have felt the prayers of our friends and family buoy us up. And our sweet and amazing Bishop has been so caring in his counsel and wisdom. For that I have been extremely grateful as well. So as hard as this has been and such a kick in the gut type of thing, I am CANNOT over look the hand of my Heavenly Father in everything that has been put in our path. We have even had miracles in the form of being able to provide Christmas for our kids as well. What great blessings. I would like to share a thought from Elder Richard G Scott. This really helped me get through this growth experience.
"May I share some suggestions with you who face...the testing that a wise Heavenly Father determines is needed even when you are living a worthy, righteous life and are obedient to His commandments. Just when all seems to be going right, challenges often come in multiple doses applied simultaneously. When those trials are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the Lord feels you are prepared to grow more (see Proverbs 3:11-12). He therefore gives you experiences that stimulate growth, understanding, and compassion which polish you for your everlasting benefit. To get you from where you are to where He wants you to be requires a lot of stretching, and that generally entails discomfort and pain" (in CR, Oct. 1995, 18;).
- Elder Richard G. Scott
May EACH of YOU recognize the miracles in your life and weather the storms with grace and faith most importantly HOPE!
We love you and wish you a joyous holiday season!
Kris, Cheryl, Nate, Nick and Caitlyn and Zeus and Zoe! (the dogs)