The new year is here!
All week we have been working at the New Years. It has been a blast. All four of us have been working till we
drop. It has been a tremendously
successful week.
Saturday it rained, something we had not prepared for. That ended up being a great teaching
moment. As I was thinking about how we
could still work effectively despite the weather and the very limited crowd a
thought, or really a quote, came to my mind.
"Prayer is a form of work and is an appointed means for obtaining
the highest of all blessings" (Bible Dictionary, Prayer). That is how I started working. I didn't bum an umbrella (right away). I didn't spend the whole day standing in the
rain (just part of it). I prayed that
people would come to us, and they did!
From across the fairgrounds people started coming directly to the booth,
asking for scriptures and asking questions about the church and about
Christ. It was a clear answer to prayer
and a miracle I will never forget. God's
hand is in this work. The experience
made me think of D&C 109:39.
And whatsoever city thy servants shall enter, and the people
of that city receive their testimony, let thy peace and thy salvation be upon
that city; that they may gather out of that city the righteous, that they may
come forth to Zion, or to her stakes, the places of thine appointment, with
songs of everlasting joy;
Cross referenced with Exodus 14:13-14 the promise that
"[God's] salvation be upon that city" becomes more clear. In this verse Moses is responding to the
worried cries of the children of Israel as the Egyptians close in on them
somewhere along the shore of the red sea.
And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still,
and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will shew to you to day: for the
Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
God is willing to fight our battles if we are willing to
believe in Him. He did it for the
Israelites and saved their lives. He
will do it for all of us in all of our battles.
He will fight for us when we obey Him.
I have seen the salvation of God in 2016. I have confidence that 2017 will be more of
the same.
Make 2017 your best year yet!
With love,
Elder Cummings
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