Well, let me tell you.
This shoe..
Oh man.
This shoe.
Lets took a look quick, at why best friends are one of the most expensive gifts we've got going for us. A best friend falls into the qualification of 'best' because they see your potential and your beautiful nature. They are those who find glee, in you! Best friends are aware of your quirks, your ill behaviors and your imperfections- and yet, somehow, are consumed in neverending adoration of you! When conflict arises, the goal is always to return to peace, to unity- greater forgiveness, and love. Their desire is to make you happy, and help you with tiny matters in life that seem insignificant to all else, and maybe even to yourself. They rejoice when you rejoice, and they hurt for you when you hurt.
Therefore.. wanting to be like, and be with the Savior Jesus Christ- is EXTRAORDINARY!!! This Lord of Lord, and King of Kings is here to open every locked doorway, to add a blossomed rose to every stem, and to rescue YOU, every day. "I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep." St John 10:14-15 He is PERFECT because he is the best. When you cry- he is in absolute agony. When you rejoice, he is far happier than you can know happiness. When you are worried over a trivial matter- he is anxious, and he is planning ahead, plotting out every possible path to make it better, and helping you grow through your difficulties in the meantime. He, the perfect friend, exceeds all definitions of greatness. He is a testimony of Heavenly Father's love for you.
I know he loves me well. If I am devestated because someone I taught, died on me.. even if that someone is totally ok, thoroughly living it up on the other side.. he is aching to hold me. If I am grateful because I got to eat Indian food, he is eccentrically delighted for me. He is anticipating to bless me with other little trinkets and personal joys that only he knows will bring me excitement. My off key notes sung, are wonderful music to his ears, for my heart beats for him, and he craves it. My slow running pace means more to him than any degree of lightning speed. He knows me intimately, personally and that's how well he knows you. It is through him that you will conquer and succeed! He will provide your sweetest friends, your dearest relationships, your deepest joys.
When we don't come crawling to this ever loving God- we can't have this. We won't be as happy as we were meant to be, and become.
Allow me to tie this in to shoes. Yesterday, I lost my shoe. I was like 'what.' I had to exercise in the morning on bare feet. No. I did not like it. I can lose food, I've been ok losing my ID and keys and blankets- but NOT A SHOE!!!! I workout on shoes. I need the shoe.
Anyhow, Heavenly Father understood this. I looked EVERYWHERE!!! BAHH!!! My companion and I searched my bedsheets, our whole room, up and down!! I prayed in every prayer, all day, to find this shoe. I could feel the Savior laughing lovingly at me- he knew that I KNEW by now, that my shoe would be found. (Heavenly Father and I have a relationship with losing things and finding them that goes fairly.. eh.. daily.) (However he LOVES it- because it lets him show me how mighty he is in every issue, and it gives him oppurtunity to show me how much he loves me, on top of everything else he already does for me all the time)
So by the end of the day, I THREW my bedsheets off (which I had ALREADY done that morning) and all of the sudden- my shoe popped into the air- and fell onto the floor.
My companion and I stood gawking at it.
These incidences have happened far more than once.. eh, weekly at least. So I took this picture, and wrote this blog, and tell you today.. keep the commandments. Get answers to your prayers. Keep your covenants, and become best friends with the Savior, and Heavenly Father NOW- if you want to live with them later. Learn why you want to live with them HERE.
I testify that Jesus IS the Christ. He will hear your every yearning. He will run to you and your Heavenly Father will burst with joy for and over you. Always, and forever.
