*Today at church the youth speaker talked about how we can know we are known and loved by God. She mentioned that this was hard for her to do, which at first I thought, "How could such a sweet, good person not know they are known and loved by God?" Then I thought back to being a youth, and remembered that yes--it is sometimes HARD to learn how to feel Him and to feel His love. It's when most of us start to feel alone in the world, for whatever reason, and we have to actually start applying all the things we have been learning up to then. She shared some sweet examples of when her prayers were answered, and how she felt God's love through that, and I think that is an excellent reminder of looking to see His hand, even when we can't see His face.
*A brother (who is a father of four young girls with an awesome art teacher wife) spoke about President Nelson's talk from conference called "Think Celestial." He said that most of the time, when people ask how he's doing, he replies with, "I'm surviving." He said he's trying to change his habits through "thinking celesital" to move from a survival mindset to a thriving mindset. I thought that was good advice.
*The final speaker is a new sister in our ward, who is pretty quiet, so I haven't even seen her before. (Being in Primary has a few drawbacks.) She was very vulnerable about some struggles with depression, and shared how people in her life answered prayers to help her through. I hope I can be sensitive to the Spirit to help people when needed, and willing to ask for help myself if that need arises.
It was a delight!
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