14 And these are athey who have published peace, who have brought good btidings of good, who have cpublishedsalvation; and said unto Zion: Thy God reigneth!
16 And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that are still publishing peace!
17 And again, how beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those who shall hereafter publish peace, yea, from this time henceforth and forever!
I am so thankful for the Savior and for all of the people who have made it possible for me to know Him. I am so thankful for a Living Prophet today who publishes peace and hold the keys of the priesthood.
Because of this I am better able to make my home a Zion like place and a Temple. I struggle with anxiety. I have been praying to feel peace instead of pressure and my husband gave me a priesthood blessing. During the blessing I was counseled to focus on my number one goal in this life and that is to become like the Savior.
So I tried. I tried to hard not to raise my voice at my kiddies and be kind. I tried really hard to keep my house clean. I tried to make my scripture study better and my personal prayer better. I even took my kids to the Temple and walked around the grounds, but I kept ignoring a recurring thought that kept coming to my mind, "make bread for your neighbors."
Each day this came to my mind and each day I kept thinking, "I will do that tomorrow, I have no time today." Then one day after feeling so stressed I started to pray and ask Heavenly Father what I was doing wrong. Why did I not feel peace in my life when I paid a full tithe, I went to church, I pray, I read my scripture, etc....and as I was praying in my mind I was on my computer trying to navigate to lds.org where I would turn on a conference talk while I cleaned my kitchen when all the sudden the thought came to me, "make bread for your neighbors".
Almost seconds after the thought came to my mind, I looked at the computer screen which was now at the website www.lds.org and one of the headings on the screen was about Service. I realized right then that the Lord had been trying to tell me the whole time how to have peace and to be like the Savior, He was trying to tell me to serve!!
I began to giggle because I felt silly and thankful all at the same time because I didn't get it before and I was so thankful the Lord takes time to deal with me even though I can be so slow sometimes.
The next day I made brownies for my neighbors (I figured that was just as good) and I made brownies for a girl I had seen that day who told me she was craving a treat. The next day a friend started to vent to me about how stressed she was because she had people coming over for dinner and she just learned she had to pick someone up from the airport. I immediately saw this as a chance to serve and so I told her I would do it.
Can I share the result? Peace. I have been praying since to find a way to serve because service= peace.
Love,
Becky joy
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