This post is part of the General Conference Odyssey. This week covers the Sunday Afternoon Session of the October 2007 Conference.
Regarding miracles and tender mercies: I have noticed that the "smaller" the miracle (meaning more specific, personal, and/or of relative unimportance), the more miraculous and personally impactful it can feel. (I've written about this before.) It's just so unbelievable to think of the God of the Universe concerning himself with my washing machine, or my child's lost stuffed animal, or anything like that. So I loved this quote from Elder Robert D. Hales:
By unwavering faith, we learn for ourselves that “it is by faith that miracles are wrought.”Generally, those miracles will not be physical demonstrations of God’s power—parting of the Red Sea, raising of the dead, breaking down prison walls, or the appearance of heavenly messengers. By design, most miracles are spiritual demonstrations of God’s power—tender mercies gently bestowed through impressions, ideas, feelings of assurance, solutions to problems, strength to meet challenges, and comfort to bear disappointments and sorrow.
Other posts in this series:
Service—by Rozy
I think I've said it before that I see tender mercies in finding the very thing I need on sale when I go to the store; or finding gas at a really cheap price after having driven three hours to the temple and need to fill up again before Sunday. It can be a gorgeous sunset or moonrise, a flower, or colorful bird in the garden. So many ways Father shows His concern and love for us.
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