In His Hands....

I had one of those great feeling experiences yesterday and it was something I really wanted to share.  This week as I was studying my Sunday School lesson.  The topic of discussion was what we can learn from the Prophet and Apostles.  One of the study hints was to ask the class members to share their favorite talks from the most recent general conference.  Well, I had not listened to or read all of the talks from the last conference and so I felt that I needed to determine which was my favorite.  I pulled up the most recent conference and looked at the talk titles to see which of them stood out for me.

As I was looking, I felt compelled to read a particular talk.  I opened the talk and started reading.  I read the talk and reviewed it again, I really enjoyed it and I wondered to myself "How can I apply this to my life?"  For the next several moments I reflected and wondered why I had felt so prompted to read that particular talk.  Sunday at church I wondered if I needed to share my experience in testimony meeting.  I thought maybe it was a story I needed to share.  However, I didn't feel prompted to really share it.  I decided that if I felt prompted to share during the course of Fast & Testimony meeting, then I would get up and share.  I still hadn't felt the need to share my experience, when one of the great sisters in our ward shared her testimony.  While she shared I felt that I needed to share the talk with her.  I never did feel quite like I needed to share it from the pulpit in a testimony.  Instead, I wrote down the name of the talk, the speaker and the which general conference it was from.  After the meeting, I handed this sister the name of the talk and told her I felt like I needed to share it with her.  I was glad that I shared with her and was even more glad that I had heeded the promptings.  I don't know why I felt that prompting to share, but I just knew that I should.  I left church feeling thankful that the Lord had possibly used me to help answer the prayers of someone else.  I am so grateful for a Loving Father in Heaven that continues to find ways to answer the prayers of His children and only hope that I will always follow those promptings.