...Therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day.

Alma 36:3

I have had a very faith-promoting experience this week. I have been very behind in two of my classes, and the work fell due over these last couple of days. On Sunday, I wasn't even close to being finished and couldn't see any way that I would finish in time. I woke up that morning considering working on them after church. I felt guilty for even considering doing something like that on the Sabbath, but at the same time there didn't seem to be any other way for me to complete my projects in time to turn them in. I knew not finishing would severely hurt my grades and my standing at this school.

I'm sorry to say that it took me a long time to reach the right decision, but I decided to prove the Lord's words: If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it (Isaiah 58:13-14).

To make a long story short, I'll say simply that when the Lord makes a promise, he keeps it. Period.

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