The power of prayer 🙏🏻

Last night as I was visiting with my sister, we were talking about how hard life has been lately. She moved home this last week and we have both been a wreck. I miss my little sissy so much. It’s been HARD. Then again, change is always hard. We were reminiscing about how blessed we’ve been the last 7 months to live with each other and grow together. If my life had gone the way I thought it was going to go, we wouldn’t have had the opportunity to live together and become so close. For that I am eternally grateful. Our relationship has been strengthened so much and we’ve been so blessed.

She has been struggling with moving home, and I have as well because of her leaving, but we both felt at peace. And she felt like it was the right thing to do. 

Sometimes God asks us to do hard things. He doesn’t give an explanation as to the WHY He is asking. Just that, He is asking. He is asking us to be obedient and to follow Him. He is asking us to TRUST Him. He wants to know if we will listen and be obedient to Him. So my question is, will you listen the next time He asks you to do something hard?

After we were talking, I said a prayer. We would usually always have prayer at night before we went to bed and we would take turns. She was sleeping over at my apartment tonight and she had asked me to say it. 

Friends, this was the most REAL and SINCERE prayer that I have ever said in my entire life. I felt like it was a straight shot commune with my Heavenly Father. He was there with us and we both could FEEL Him there and the Holy Ghost. I was so overcome with emotions that it seemed like I couldn’t get the words out, but I did. I know He heard it and He will answer it. In His time. I needed help and I knew He would be the one that would be able to comfort us and help us both.

I can’t explain how it felt, but brothers and sisters, I testify that GOD IS REAL. He is aware of us. He knows what we are going through. He is molding us into the people that He wants us to become. He sees the BIG picture and sees the beginning from end. Life is hard, and it’s never going to stop being hard. You know why? Because we wouldn’t be growing if it wasn’t. I have a testimony of prayer and the POWER that it has. I know He listens to every word and He wants to help us. He loves us so so much!! 

One of my favorite Mormon messages that was older was “With prayer, you will never get a busy signal”.

No matter where you are at in your life, whether you are in tune or not, I testify that He is always listening and wants you to pray to Him. He loves you so much! 

From the lyrics of a child’s prayer, these are often swimming around in my head. ♥️

 Heavenly Father, are you really there? And do you hear and answer ev’ry child’s prayer? Some say that heaven is far away, But I feel it close around me as I pray. Heavenly Father, I remember now, something that Jesus told disciples long ago: “Suffer the children to come to me.” Father, in prayer I’m coming now to thee. 

Pray, he is there; Speak, he is list’ning. You are his child; His love now surrounds you. He hears your prayer; He loves the children. Of such is the kingdom, the kingdom of heav’n.