I stumbled across an old journal entry yesterday and thought to use it this week. My Grand Daughter, who was 4 years old at the time of the journal entry, wanted to play with her dollhouse. It was in her bedroom, but she wanted it out in the living room by me, so that she could show me all the things it could do. She was gone for a few minutes, and I was busy doing some dumb thing. She came out looking very sad and showed me her hands and said, “They’re just too little. They are not big enough. They are not strong enough!” The look on her face matched her destressing words. I then realized that she was too little to carry the dollhouse by herself. I went in her room and saw her futile efforts. I carried the dollhouse into the living room, and we had a good time examining it’s possibilities.
Don’t we all get tired, and aren’t there times when we just can’t do it all ourselves? We really do need each other, in all sorts of ways. All of us might be able to say that we just aren’t strong enough, and that our hands are too small! I hope we are there for each other whenever any of us say that, and I hope we can feel the love when the job gets done because somebody helped us.
And then there are those times when our world falls apart, and even though friends or family try to comfort and help, we are still left broken, or hurt, or in despair–beyond the reach of any hands, except those of Jesus.
President Russell M. Nelson, prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has counseled1 “Whatever questions or problems you have, the answer is always found in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Learn more about His Atonement, His love, His mercy, His doctrine, and His restored gospel of healing and progression. He will heal you from sadness and fear. He will heal you from the wounds of this world. Turn to Him! Follow Him!”
There is nothing like His power to apply comfort, understanding, or peace to us as we turn to Him in times of need. He knows us and loves us perfectly, and suffered in Gethsemane that he might know how to succor each of us. He descended below all things that he might be able to lift us up.
.1 Conference Address. April 2023. Entire text can be found on churchofjesuschrist.org under conference messages, April 2023 “The Answer is Always Jesus.”
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