last week i was tucking the kids in bed and was laying by june singing songs. after singing four versus of Come, Come Ye Saints -- my favorite hymn forever and ever -- i was tears. in fact, i was barely able to finish the song. i got very quiet for a minute trying to collect myself and avery, always very aware of my moods, asked if i was crying. i said yes, but the tears were tears of joy and gratitude and strength because i always feel so much of god's strength and love when i sing that song. and then i said something like, "and i love that song because it teaches us that 'God will never us forsake' which means..." and i paused trying to come up with easy words for them to understand and June emphatically replied, "it means that God will always be by your side!" oh she was just so sure there was no way anyone of us could have denied it! yes, june, yes! you get it! God will always be by your side. He never leaves us.
elder george q. cannon said: "when we went forth into the waters of baptism and covenanted with our Father in heaven to serve Him and keep His commandments, He bound Himself also by covenant to us that He would never desert us, never leave us to ourselves, never forget us, that in the midst of trial and hardships, when everything was arrayed against us, He would be near unto us and would sustain us."
here are those most beautiful words that never cease to inspire me to keep enduring as best i can. these words have literally saved my spirit on many occasions and have helped me through nearly every difficult thing i've done in my adult life. i cannot wait to thanks william clayton. his words have been God's arms around me many times. through his words, i have seen God's strength and felt his love.
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