"Lo, I am with you"

At the end of Matthew, Christ promises His apostles that as they go about doing His will He will be with them; He says “Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen”. This same promise applies to us as well and it brings me so much comfort and peace. When we live worthy of the Spirit we will be blessed with guidance and direction from on High.  There have been many times in my life that I haven’t known the ending or how things would turn out, but I have trusted in the Lord and have been blessed beyond measure.

At a particularly important juncture in my life, when I was going through some difficult changes, I saw so clearly how living in harmony with the gospel brings the companionship of the Spirit and loving guidance from our Savior. At that I wasn’t sure where I should go or what I should do with my life. All I knew was I needed to work on myself physically and spiritually. I did my very best to be worthy of the Spirit so I would have it’s guidance in my life. Even though I didn’t know what the end result would be I read my scriptures daily, prayed, went to the temple every week and followed the promptings I received. By following those promptings I moved to another state, started going to school again, and went to a singles ward. I was in the right place at the right time and because of that I met my now husband and eternal companion.

I know that we all have access to this incredible promise and that no matter how many times we get off the path and lose our way we can come back and still have access to His love, direction, peace, and comfort. He wants to help us; He wants us to never have to be alone on this journey through life. We are all His and He loves us all so much.