POWER

     Is there POWER in the scriptures?  There is for me.  Power for what?     Power to influence me and change my life for good.  Today I taught a lesson in Relief Society to the sisters in my ward on the scriptures, the POWER of the scriptures that is available if we but study, ponder and memorize  the words of the Lord.  I learned so much from the sisters in my ward as they shared the scriptures that had influenced their life during difficult times. 

     When I was ill with cancer, and things did not look well for me, I memorized this scripture, which changed my life forever. 

    “I am God.  I am a God of miracles.  I will show the world that I am the same yesterday, today and forever.  And I show not my power unto the children of men, save it be according to their faith.”

     What that meant to me was that God does perform miracles today just like he did when he walked upon the earth.  And he wants to show the world he is the same God today, as he was yesterday.  But he refuses to show his power to those who don’t have faith.  I needed that faith, I believed, but belief is only the beginning stage of faith.  Faith is much more.  Many times during that time of my life I prayed and asked my Heavenly Father to help strengthen my faith, and help me to be a woman of strong faith. 

     I now look back over that period of illness in my life, and testify that God is a God of miracles and that He was there for me in so many ways and He healed me as my belief changed to faith.  The scriptures all testify that our Heavenly Father loves us and He wants to give us all he has, if we will turn our lives over to him and TRUST him completely.