Righteous Desires

For this week!.. My goodness.. It was fairdinkum busy!! It was another week of trade-offs/trainings/travel/zone conferences haha, heaapssss. There's 1 miracle that I want to share though.. and the reason we also weren't able to email on Monday.. So we were having our normal P-Day as usual.. until we got a call from this random lady in Western Australia.. who told us her friends got into a car accident and are in Coffs Hospital with no belongings, nothing, and they were all shaken up and need to get home to Brisbane somehow... So we were able to go and see them.. And the moment they saw us they started crying.. partly because of trauma.. and partly because of relief that someone they knew came.. missionaries... So there was 4 in the family. The mother, 2 daughters, (1RM and 1 prospective missionary).. and a little boy... They were driving at 5am and a kangaroo hopped out in the road and they tried to swerve and dodge it, but the car rolled several times ... they were all pretty shaken up but no life-threatening injuries.. We then gave them all blessings in the midst of their confusion and trauma... and by the time we gave the very last blessing... I remember blessing the older sister.. who was the most shocked out of them all... I remember the exact words the spirit prompted me to say... "We bless you as if the Saviour were here himself... and say... 'Peace be unto you'..".. at that instant....  peace just filled the room... no body was crying any more.. just peace and a sense that Heavenly Father was looking out for each of His beloved children.. and after some small talk afterwards we left that hospital... leaving smiles on all of their faces... It was the biggest testimony to me.. What I got out of this experience.. is #1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has indeed been restored... It has the most organization and order I have ever seen than any other religious institution.. I know of no other church where you can call from across the country.. to a missionary serving in that area.. where a person is in need of help.. and give them a priesthood blessing by the laying on a hands by proper authority.. That is not a statement of boasting.. but indeed a testimony.. That God's true church is on the earth today and is being led by a prophet who receives direction from Him... the right path to follow... the other thing I am grateful for is the Holy Ghost.. or the Comforter.. because it was not us... Elder O and I that were able to give them that peace.. it was the third member of the Godhead... we were simply instruments to convey the love that God has for them.. and a reassurance that He is looking out for them...  I do know it is that way for all of us as well! 

This week I was learning about desire... and I went through the scriptures.. there's 3 examples..

 #1- 1Ne 11:1-3... Nephi desired to see the dream his father Lehi saw... 

#2- Enos 1:12... Enos desired to have a remission of his sins... 

#3-Ether 3:4... The brother of Jared (me lolz).. desired the Lord to touch the stones and make them light up.. 

Now #1. Nephi was granted his desire...#2. Enos was granted his desire... #3. The brother of Jared was granted his desire.. (and might I add... I bet the Lord was thinking... well I could've just made electricity.. but whatever you ask.. I'll grant your desire)... Why were all of their desires granted?.... All because of one factor... They are righteous desires!!.. Helaman 10:5.. "all things shall be done unto thee according to thy word, for thou shalt not ask that which is contrary to my will" The Lord promised those words to Nephi.. all because he had righteous desires! So what are your desires... for you SB... It is D&C 4:3 at this time... "Therefore if ye have DESIRES to serve God... ye are called to the work."... If you have a desire to do missionary work... to share the gospel.. to baptize... it will be granted if it is filtered in our mind.. day in and day out... likewise with anything else in life... you can apply that!.. If we want it enough... God will give it to us... but it is according to our diligence and faith as the Lord said to Enos in vs12... So I will leave that with you.. to ponder in your heart.. what your desires are!.. I know that this is true... to show you an example.. I was on a trade-off with a new missionary... I asked him what he wanted to do... "I want to give out a Book of Mormon tomorrow"... I said "sweet.. let's do it"... But it didn't come easy... we talked to every one we saw on the street and nobody wanted one.. but we finally talked to this Malaysian woman and she actually asked us for one! And she wanted to pay for it but obviously it's free... so we were granted that because of our righteous desires... depending on our diligence and faith.