Church article

When I was in the Relief Society presidency, I had to write articles every now and then for the ward newsletter. Here is one article that I wrote. I really liked it at the time so I saved it on my email. I just found it today. It was written in 2006 or 2007 I believe.

This past fall while I was pregnant with our second child, Kellen, it seemed that everything that could go wrong did go wrong. If it wasn’t the refrigerator breaking down it was the car, etc, etc. One day while I was eight months pregnant I got a letter announcing that our medical insurance rates would be increasing by a large amount. At this point I had had it and I just broke down. I began to pray and plead with Heavenly Father that He would help us find a way to make things work and that He would also comfort me during this time. After my prayer I put in a CD of some piano music that my friend had made. I pressed play and the very first song that came on was “Be Still My Soul”. As I listened to the piano music into my mind came the words, be still my soul, the Lord is on thy side. I felt my spirit and body begin to relax. I had a strong reassurance that Heavenly Father heard my desperate prayer and knew of our struggles. He knew at that very moment I needed to feel His spirit more than anything. As I sat on the floor sobbing I felt the worry and anguish melt away and hope fill my heart. Heavenly Father had, in essence, given me a big “Spiritual Hug”. Every time I think of that experience I am reverenced and I marvel to know that Heavenly Father knows us individually. I know that in our time of need Heavenly Father will bless and comfort us by sending His spirit.