You're Never Really Alone

People say this all the time. I feel like the thought is so old, so redundant, and yet so vague that you probably know where this is going. God is there to help us. We just have to be smart enough to listen. 

I love the story of Lehi and Nephi in the Book of Mormon when they are asked to leave and go somewhere that they have never seen or even heard of. It says in the 1 Nephi 2:4, "And it came to pass that he departed into the wilderness". He being Lehi, and it wasn't just him. He brought his entire family that we know had at least six people in it. On top of that in 1 Nephi 4:6-7 Nephi is confronted with an unknown and he "nevertheless went forth". 

God does this thing, where He knows what we need and how to get it, but needs our trust for us to actually obtain this great prestige or ability. We need to talk a walk of faith in order to do so. But he'll never faith us. Just read 2 Nephi 7:10-11 if you want proof. The Lord is our light if we stay within it, He will bring us to where we need to go. It's always there and will never leave. The only way to lose is it so not look. 

This reminds me of a story I heard on my mission. It's called "Footprints in the Sand". It went like this:

One night I dreamed a dream.

As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.

For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,

One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,

I looked back at the footprints in the sand.

I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,

especially at the very lowest and saddest times,

there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,

You'd walk with me all the way.

But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,

there was only one set of footprints.

I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."

He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you

Never, ever, during your trials and testings.

When you saw only one set of footprints,

It was then that I carried you."

Margaret Fishback Powers, 1964

The Lord won't leave us. In fact, when we really think that He's gone and left us for better children. That is when he is there, holding us the closest, guiding us to where we need to go.