I have been facing a shortage of money. Although I try very carefully to conserve, sometimes it is still not enough.
I read the talk Daily Bread by Elder Christofferson.
He talked of a time of financial struggle in his life. He even said that he was faced with "financial ruin." His words greatly comforted me.
Though I suffered then, as I look back now, I am grateful that there was not a quick solution to my problem. The fact that I was forced to turn to God for help almost daily over an extended period of years taught me truly how to pray and get answers to prayer and taught me in a very practical way to have faith in God. I came to know my Savior and my Heavenly Father in a way and to a degree that might not have happened otherwise or that might have taken me much longer to achieve. I learned that daily bread is a precious commodity. I learned that manna today can be as real as the physical manna of biblical history. I learned to trust in the Lord with all my heart. I learned to walk with Him day by day.
This greatly comforted me. There is a purpose to the shortage I am experiencing. There is a resolution to the shortage I am experiencing.
But when I think that there is also a wonderful God in heaven, who loves me, who is aware of my needs, who stands ready to help me, who will NOT let me go under the water, this is very comforting.
I read the talk Daily Bread by Elder Christofferson.
He talked of a time of financial struggle in his life. He even said that he was faced with "financial ruin." His words greatly comforted me.
Though I suffered then, as I look back now, I am grateful that there was not a quick solution to my problem. The fact that I was forced to turn to God for help almost daily over an extended period of years taught me truly how to pray and get answers to prayer and taught me in a very practical way to have faith in God. I came to know my Savior and my Heavenly Father in a way and to a degree that might not have happened otherwise or that might have taken me much longer to achieve. I learned that daily bread is a precious commodity. I learned that manna today can be as real as the physical manna of biblical history. I learned to trust in the Lord with all my heart. I learned to walk with Him day by day.
This greatly comforted me. There is a purpose to the shortage I am experiencing. There is a resolution to the shortage I am experiencing.
But when I think that there is also a wonderful God in heaven, who loves me, who is aware of my needs, who stands ready to help me, who will NOT let me go under the water, this is very comforting.
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