A beautiful story of a mother who listened to the Spirit!
My
husband and I were deeply touched when our daughter, Stephanie, shared
the following journal entry with us, written when she was in seventh
grade. I share it with her permission:
“One
day while we were reading our scriptures, we talked about how important
it is for each of us to have our own knowledge and testimony—and that
we must not put off asking Heavenly Father for this. That night I went
to my room and shut the door. I waited until everything was very quiet.
Then I knelt down by my bed and prayed. I asked Heavenly Father to
please send me an angel to tell me for sure if the gospel was true. He
answered that he would, and I was to get in bed and wait for the angel
to come. I felt very peaceful and happy, and I waited.
“The
house was very still, and I think I had dropped off to sleep. I woke up
when I heard a voice. It was Mother. She was kneeling beside my bed
praying. She was praying for me. I listened, and when she finished I
touched her hair so she would know I was awake. She put her arms around
me and held me and her face was wet. She told me I had a Father in
Heaven and that he loved me. She said she was glad he had let me come to
live in our family. She told me he sent his own Son here to give his
life so we could return to live with him if we obeyed his commandments.
She told me to always remember that the gospel had been restored, and I
must live it so I could go back to my Father.
“We
held each other for a while,” Stephanie continued, “and then Mother
left. After she left, Father in Heaven said to my mind, ‘I sent you your
angel.’”
When
she told us that story, my mission as a mother forever became more
holy. And my testimony of the importance of prayer was forever
strengthened.
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