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Prayer From a Distance
During World War II, Elder Graham W. Doxey was in the navy posted to China. He and several others went by train to the city of Tientsin to look around. Later they boarded a train to return to their base, but after more than an hour, the train turned north. They were on the wrong train! They spoke no Chinese. They pulled the emergency cord and stopped the train. They were put off somewhere in the countryside with nothing to do but walk back to the city. After walking for some time, they found a small pump-handle car, the kind…
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Hope
Recently my 25 year old son stopped by my house to do laundry. I was preparing to eat some breakfast which I had made the previous evening. “Hey, try this,” I said, raising a half teaspoon of chocolate chia pudding on a clean spoon. He looked at me hesitantly and did not turn his body toward me. He looked at the barely half filled spoon. He looked at me, as years of this, my normal behavior, crossed his mind. He had obviously had other experiences with chia pudding that I was not aware of, and had his own opinion on…
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A Miracle in Prayer
A lady in her late 40’s joined our congregation last year. She was homeless at the time missionaries found her, having left her home on the East Coast and driven to the Mountain West to rent a place that turned out to be rental fraud. Eventually she got rental assistance from the government and lived in our area for 9 months. That changed however when an apartment maintenance worker discovered that her puppy had been mauling the corners of all the walls in her apartment. She got evicted. It was late September and she was looking at living in her…
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Safely Home Through A Blizzard
One winter night, about 30 years ago, I was coming back from Logan to Brigham in a snowstorm, with my brother driving the truck getting ready to head through the canyon. I remember feeling this foreboding feeling like something bad was going to happen. My brother was driving very fast, just wanting to get home. I asked him if he could slow down. He agreed but then kept up the same speed. I could see on my right, a fence and an icy lake. If we slid, I worried we would might go right in the lake. At this point,…
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Level Up
Congratulations! You unlocked a small miracle! That’s what I think when I notice something small that I could claim as my own doing, but I’ve learned the power of recognizing God in my life. I remember once, riding home from Canada with a friend. I was sleeping in the passenger seat and he was driving. Somehow I woke up just in time to say something, waking him up enough to get back on the road. Or, what about the time I was feeling so sad and lonely, walking into a store and this man who was loading his car stopped,…
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A Miracle through our Struggles
I do know that God is in the details of my life. I have seen Him in the form of mortal angels, heard Him in the form of an uplifting phone call, felt Him in the comforting whispers of the still small voice, understood Him in the prompts for guidance. Some many years ago we had the effects of a change in the economy that had a devastating effect on our family. My business was in the real estate world. Interest rates soared to the mid teens and made it very difficult to sell the homes we were building. It…
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Hope on a Deserted Road
My mother, grandmother and my mom’s sisters are really close. There wasn’t a month that went by that my mom and us kids would drive two hours away to see her ~ except the winters when the roads were too dangerous to travel because of the snow. When we would travel there were two different roads we could take. The main road which took us two hours, and the not so traveled scenic road that only took an hour and a half. Many times we would take the scenic route if the weather was good because it was quicker. This…
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What is a miracle?
According to the Websters Dictionary, a miracle is defined as an extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human affairs, or an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment. There are BIG miracles, when we can see the divine intervention of God in more of an obvious in your face circumstance, but can we have smaller miracles. Some miracles take place quietly, such as when a person gains a testimony of God’s truth, experiences a mighty change of heart, obtains forgiveness from the Lord, or is blessed with peace and strength during a difficult time. We might see the divine…
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The Big Hope Letters Project
Hi! What’s going on in your life? For me, a lot of work, a little of playing ball with friends, time with my family, and lots of chocolate! I’ve got a lot of things going on in my life. Sometimes I think maybe too much. I feel overstimulated with news/politics/STUFF TO DO in addition to living life. I’ve realized it is comforting to let go of all the things around me and just find Jesus. I know he’s a part of my life if I invite him in and when I do, Boy! Life really does become much more simple.…
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I will Build a Boat
Let’s say life can be super hard sometimes. We definitely ALL go through ups and downs. Usually it’s at different times and I believe we are blessed with friends and family who show up to help us during those hard times.
