I was throwing up a few minutes ago.... (I don't want to remember that)
Maria came into the bathroom and started patting my back. She asked if I felt yucky, told me to get it all out, and when I was done she asked if I felt better. Total sweetheart.
I want to thank you all for your kind words and thoughts. You are all so wonderful and have brought me great comfort. Thanks.
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my specific set of challenges, I have found many scriptures that shed light on my situation. There is one passage in particular, where Alma the Elder and his people labor in captivity, praying for deliverance. The wicked priest Amulon had placed great burdens upon Alma and his people.
“And it came to pass that so great were their afflictions that they [the people of Alma] began to cry mightily to God.
“And Amulon commanded them that they should stop their cries; and he put guards over them to watch them, that whosoever should be found calling upon God should be put to death.
“And Alma and his people did not raise their voices to the Lord their God, but did pour out their hearts to him; and he did know the thoughts of their hearts” (Mosiah 24:10–12).
Though I’m not in bondage to a tyrannical leader, I can sympathize with Alma and his people and their desperate need for hope.
Yet their answer wasn’t a miraculous rescue from their afflictions:
“And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage.
“And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.
“And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord” (Mosiah 24:13–15).
Eventually, the Lord delivered the people of alma.
Children learn by imprinting. Sounds like your doing a great job!
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