I would like to share with you three lessons I am learning as I continue to drink from His well of “living water.”
- Our Past and Present Circumstances Do Not Determine Our Future
- The Power Is in Us
- “Out of Small Things Proceedeth That Which Is Great”
No matter our circumstances, our lives are sacred and have meaning and purpose. Each of us is a beloved {child} of God, born with divinity in our souls.
Our Savior, Jesus Christ, through His atoning sacrifice, made it possible for us to be cleansed and healed, enabling us to fulfill our purpose on earth regardless of decisions of family members, our marital status, physical or mental health, or any other situation.
Nobody is beyond His reach just as none of us can reach to heaven without Him.
{For the Samaritan woman at the well} Her past and present circumstances did not determine her future. Like her, we can choose to turn to the Savior today for the strength and healing that will enable us to fulfill all that we were sent here to do.
I balked at the assertion that “the power is in us” not because it is false but because some people would interpret that as reason to rely on ourselves.
President Russell M. Nelson testified, “Every woman and every man who makes covenants with God and keeps those covenants, and who participates worthily in priesthood ordinances, has direct access to the power of God.”
Perhaps the better phrasing is that we all have within is the capacity to access the power of God to do all things which are needed.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus taught His disciples, “Ye are the salt of the earth” and “Ye are the light of the world.” Later He compared the growth of the kingdom of heaven to leaven, “which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.”
Salt; Leaven; Light.
Even in very small amounts, each affects everything around it. The Savior invites us to use His power to be as salt, leaven, and light.
It is surprising how much difference a sprinkling of salt makes in the flavor of what we eat. And yet salt is one of the least expensive and simplest ingredients.
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Have you ever eaten bread without leaven? How would you describe it? Dense? Heavy? Hard? With only a small amount of leaven, bread rises, expanding to become lighter and softer.
When we invite the power of God into our lives, we can replace the “spirit of heaviness” with inspired perspectives that lift others and make room for hearts to be healed.…
How much light does it take to pierce the darkness in a room? One small ray. And that ray of light in a dark place can emanate from the power of God in you.
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Sisters, hearts can be changed and lives blessed as we offer a pinch of salt, a spoonful of leaven, and a ray of light.
That’s the whole talk in 15 seconds.
In the book of 2 Kings, we read of “a little maid” who was captured by the Syrians and became a servant to the wife of Naaman, captain of the Syrian army. She was as salt; she was young, of no worldly importance, and her life as a slave in a foreign country was clearly not what she had hoped for.
However, she spoke two sentences with the power of God, testifying to Naaman’s wife: “Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.”
Her words of faith were relayed to Naaman, who acted on her words, allowing him to be healed both physically and spiritually.
That’s an insight I never noticed.
I testify that the Savior is the salt in our lives, inviting us to taste of His joy and love. It is He who is the leaven when our lives are hard, bringing us hope and lifting our burdens through His matchless power and redeeming love. He is our light, illuminating our path back home
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