This past week has been challenging, so I did miss last week's post. By the time I realized it, it was already Thursday and I figured that I would just post early today. We had a small flood in our basement on Monday and two tonsillectomy's on Tuesday of this last week so, that is why I missed my post. I hope you can understand.
"I Feel My Saviors Love" Children's Songbook, The Savior, Page 74-75
1. I feel my Saviors love
In all the world around me.
His Spirit warms my soul
Through evrything I see.
2. I feel my Saviors love;
Its gentleness enfolds me,
And when I kneel to pray,
My heart is filled with peace.
3. I feel my Saviors love
And know that he will bless me.
I offer him my heart;
My shepherd he will be.
4. Ill share my Saviors love
By serving others freely.
In serving I am blessed.
In giving I receive.
Chorus
He knows I will follow him,
Give all my life to him.
I feel my Saviors love,
The love he freely gives me.
Words: Ralph Rodgers Jr., 1936-1996; K. Newell Dayley, b. 1939; and Laurie Huffman, b. 1948
Music: K. Newell Dayley, b. 1939 © 1978, 1979 by
K. Newell Dayley.
John 15:10-12
10If ye akeep my commandments, ye shall abide in my blove; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.
11These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your ajoy might be full.
---I have selected a talk by Bonnie D. Parkin From October Conference of 2006..
I have paraphrased the talk, to read the entire talk just go to this link.
Eternally Encircled in His Love
RELIEF SOCIETY GENERAL PRESIDENT
Do we frequently reject the Lord’s love that He pours out upon us in much more abundance than we are willing to receive? Do we think we have to be perfect in order to deserve His love? When we allow ourselves to feel “encircled about eternally in the arms of his love,” 1 we feel safe, and we realize that we don’t need to be immediately perfect. We must acknowledge that perfection is a process. This is a gospel of eternal progress, and we must remember to appreciate the journey. Eternal means “without beginning or end,” so the encircling of His love is there for us every day. Remember, it’s constant—even when we don’t recognize it. I love Nephi’s description of this great gift: “The love of God … sheddeth itself abroad in the hearts of the children of men; wherefore, it is the most desirable above all things … and the most joyous to the soul.” 2 I testify that this is true.
I know there may be some who have a difficult time imagining what His love feels like. Think of a mother with her newborn baby. The warmth, safety, cherishing, and peace of a mother’s embrace can help us understand what it feels like to be encircled in the arms of His love. A young adult Relief Society sister wrote, “Only in the love of my mother do I come close to understanding the magnitude and power of the love of the Savior.”
Mothers, can you see how essential you are in teaching this truth to your children? As you encircle your children with your love, they will catch glimpses of His love. President Gordon B. Hinckley urges us to “love the Lord [our] God, and love His Son, and be ever grateful for Their love for us. Whenever other love fades, there will be that shining, transcendent, everlasting love of God for each of us and the love of His Son, who gave His life” 3 for us.
The greatest evidence of our Savior’s love for us is His Atonement. His love overflows with grace, patience, long-suffering, mercy, and forgiveness.
I fear sometimes we see the Lord’s love only in the big events of our lives; we must also see His love in the smallest of things. Don’t underestimate your ability to share His love through a simple, genuine gesture such as sitting next to another sister and making her feel welcome.
Do you feel the Lord’s love in your life? How I feel His love may be different from how you experience it. The key is to come to understand how you feel that love. And once you’ve felt it, be willing to share it.
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Remembering that the Savior loves us is not always easy, but when we remember his love for us, we are able to feel strengthened and bear the burdens in our life. We are able to repent and change if we need to. We are able to get over it, move through it and let it go. We will be able to lay our heartache at his feet. He loves us. This I know. Though I too, forget from time to time. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
After Posting this I realized I have already done this song, Oh well, we can never hear enough how much He Loves us...
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