O Remember, Remember

"I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old." Psalms 77:11

This week my remembering skills have been put to the test! 

It is no secret that a missionaries life can change on a dime and last Wednesday my life changed with one phone call. "Sister Taylor, you are being transferred to Great Falls." Honestly I thought he was joking with me. How did he know that I had left my heart in Great Falls a year ago and I wanted nothing more then to go and find it there again? I was so excited.

I felt like I'd climbed aboard a time machine rather then a transfer van as we pulled into the city limits of Great Falls MT. In an instant so much from my life here came rushing back. I knew exactly where I was! Although I had experienced some of the most trying days of my mission when I was here last summer, I felt like I was returning home.

Then came the test of my memory. Sister Greenfield and I were ambushed with countless new names and place. I felt an instant pressure to remember each person and name. I knew each person was precious and was a gifted opportunity for me to share the gospel. Within hours I was tempted to get frustrated and disheartened.

"Remember, remember that it is not the work of God that is frustrated, but the work of men" D&C 3:3

I've been put into some pretty trying circumstance on my mission, some of them right here in Great Falls. I remember first arriving in the mission field, scared and overwhelmed. Feeling under prepared and inadequate. But I also remember the way that the Lord carried me. Through my experiences he taught, stretched, shaped and qualified me for the work. I remember it came one day at a time, one experience at a time. He never left my side and he never let me fall.

"I remember what the Lord has done for me, yea, even that he hath heard my prayer; yea, then do I remember his merciful arm which he extended towards me." Alma 29:10

President Eyering said, "My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness. It will build our testimonies... It won’t be easy to remember. Living as we do with a veil over our eyes, we cannot remember what it was like to be with our Heavenly Father and His Beloved Son, Jesus Christ, in the premortal world... The key to the remembering that brings and maintains testimony is receiving the Holy Ghost as a companion. It is the Holy Ghost who helps us see what God has done for us. It is the Holy Ghost who can help those we serve to see what God has done for them."

I can testify that the companionship of the Holy Ghost not only will comfort us in times of trial but he will help us to remember all that God has done for us in the past. He will testify of the enabling power of the atonement, and remind us to turn to the source of all light, truth and strength. 

In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.