D.C.111:5

It was a Sunday afternoon in July of 2014 -- Christy was in Hong Kong with Braden and I was home alone.  I decided to join up with KC and ride with him for a few hours while he was on his shift as a UHP trooper.  I love riding with him.  It's so fun to see how he conducts himself as a trooper and it gives us time together to chat and share.  I love him -- he is such a great young man.  We had been driving the freeways of Salt Lake City for at least an hour, when he was called as a back up for a drug bust.  When we got there he told me that we would be there for awhile. He was sorry, but I was okay with it -- a new adventure for me to watch.  I happened to take my church bag with me and had my scriptures.  So after awhile of watching I decided to read from the scriptures. It was quiet and relaxing in his car and gave me plenty of time to read and contemplate some things.  So I picked up my scriptures and opened the book,  it opened to D.C. 111 and I was about to read this section when my eyes fell upon verse 5 which reads:  Concern not yourselves about your debts, for I will give you power to pay them.  I was so taken by that scripture - so I read it again, and tears began to flow down my face and I felt a great, comforting power and a will to trust in the Lord about this.  Let me explain why:  While I was being inspired to go on a mission and while I was giving all my reasons why I should wait for a few years, yet knowing that I would to go on a mission.  I had this big concern:  I wanted to be out of debt, I didn't have a lot of debt - but enough that I didn't want to have to worry about it.  So just a few nights before reading this scripture, I prayed to the Lord to help me find a job so that I could get out of debt - and when I got out of debt then I would serve a mission.  So I was totally caught off by this scripture.  It was speaking to me, it was the Lord saying --"I will help you find a way to pay off your debts -- don't worry so much, trust in me!!!!--- I will give you the power".  So I sat in that car with tears of love and gratitude and feeling so blessed once again that the Lord speaks to me and always has shown such love for me.   I bowed my head in prayer and said  "Let's do this -- let's get me out ob debt."  The miracles came, the bills were paid,  -- everything but my student loan  (it requires me to pay $50 a month -- and is something that I regret doing).  I knew I would have to take the time to pay it off.  But everything else was paid off and I was AMAZED, I was GRATEFUL, I was bewildered by some of the miracles.  The Lord kept his promise to me and I was given the power to pay my debts and serve a mission.  I will be forever grateful for this miracle and for the lesson that I learned from it and for the reward.  I was reminded once again to trust in the Lord in all things.