1 Nephi 11:30 God Sends Angels

"And it came to pass that the angel spake unto me again, saying: Look! And I looked, and I beheld the heavens open again, and I saw angels descending upon the children of men; and they did minister unto them."

I've had several experiences with the angels that have crossed my path during different times of my life.  I know there are angels seen and unseen.  The story I want to share today is someone seen.  A few weeks after giving birth to my 3rd child, I was sitting in a rocking chair nursing.  My two-year-old sweet daughter leaned over me and said, "Momma, I not feel good."  And then she abruptly threw up all over me and the newborn baby.  It was not a good start to the day.

After cleaning us up, I was feeling particularly tired already and it wasn't even 10 a.m.  Then the phone rang.  A sweet grandma-aged neighbor two doors up just happened to call and asked me what I needed.  I kind of fell apart as I explained how my morning began.  She promptly came down, voluntarily scooped up my 4 year old son and took him to her house for several hours while they made cookies and played games.   That sweet gesture has forever made an impact on me.  Her sacrifice of time was especially meaningful, and the fact that she would give that attention to my son when she knew I would be putting the most of my attention on my two younger daughters that day was probably one of the best things she could have done for me so I wouldn't feel guilty about the unintended negligence.  The God I worship sends angels.  He knows our needs and will give us aid, even if we don't ask for it.  My life has been full of angelic and heavenly help that has come in all the right times and places.  

1 Nephi 2:14 God's Power

1 Nephi 2:14. "And it came to pass that my father did speak unto them ... with power, being filled with the Spirit, until their frames did shake before him. And he did confound them, that they durst not utter against him; wherefore, they did as he commanded them."

At this point in the story, Lehi's family is on the verge of splitting up.  The two oldest sons want to return back to Jerusalem; they do not believe their father is a prophet and they want the comforts of home.  Traveling in the wilderness is not a easy thing, no matter how wonderful the given promises. It's imperative that the family stay together, so Lehi is given power to persuade in his time of need.  

There have been times in my life where I needed additional power.  Sometimes I just don't have enough faith on my own, enough strength, enough energy, enough love.  The God I worship fills us with what we need to sustain us.   My ugly divorce took a lot of "stuffing" out of me and at the end of the day I was amazed that I could still keep my chin up and perform with grace and dignity. I carried a lot of emotional weight in response to my ex-husband's actions, and I tried to bolster my own children as well as myself, and if left alone, I knew I would have fallen short. I relied on God's power to get me through the tough days.  God's power is real.