A Poem

 “Prayer,” by Eliza M. Hickok

I know not by what methods rare

But this I know, God answers prayer.

I know that He has given His Word,

Which tells me prayer is always heard,

And will be answered, soon or late.

And so I pray and calmly wait.

I know not if the blessing sought

Will come in just the way I thought;

But leave my prayers with Him alone,

Whose will is wiser than my own,

Assured that He will grant my quest,

Or send some answer far more blest.

Every year one week before the world wide conference, the women in my church get together (through broadcast and other such things) and have a General Relief Society Meeting. We hear from the Relief Society President and her counselors as well as our church Prophet. They give us inspirational thoughts and talk to us about key things that we can do to help us live fulfilling lives. 

Tonight was that meeting, and I attended a broadcast of it, along with some of the women of whom I go to church with directly. I really enjoyed listening to the speakers. They talked about how we can love everyone around us, and by doing this we are keeping our covenants that we have made to follow our savior, Jesus Christ. When we serve others and listen to promptings that we have to call someone or make bread for them, then we are keeping those covenants and promises. By serving others we are strengthening those around us and helping them to become happier and come back to their Heavenly Father.

Something that really stood out to me from the talks that I heard, was this quote from the scriptures: "By this ye shall know that ye shall know ye are my disciples, love one to another." When we are serving others, we are following Christ, and therefore we are the disciples of Christ. 

About the poem, our prophet quoted this when speaking about prayer. He said that Heavenly Father is there to help us and he won't leave us in the sand, we just need to be willing to ask for His help. We also need to trust that He knows what is best for us, and even though we may not see it at the time, we will come out from the storm a better person. Heavenly Father is there for us no matter what, and he loves us even if we don't deserve to be loved. 

I just wanted to share these thoughts with you. Take them as you wish, please comment if you so chose, I would love to have a productive conversation with you. If you are interested in learning more about this Meeting, or Relief Society, feel free to let me know and I would love to tell you more about what I do. :D 

Thank you for reading and Happy Saturday!