Angels Unawares

I feel lately as if each day has held a new Heavenly Messenger who has brightened my day and made my "handcart" a little easier to pull when I have felt weary. Today, that angel was neighbors down our street (and Austin). Let me explain:

Tuesday is our trash day, so most people set out big things at the curb on Monday night for the next day. Today Austin and I both noticed that towards the other end of our street, our neighbors had set out some furniture that still looked in nice condition. Upon closer inspection we noticed the furniture was actually a nice, wooden TV stand with two deep drawers. Since we had an extra TV that we use sometimes to let Claire watch videos on (the TV channels don't work), we thought that maybe we could give this stand a try. When Austin hauled it home in our trusty van :) I set to work cleaning it up. This stand turned out to be in really good condition...there is hardly a scratch on it! As I cleaned it up, Austin and I brainstormed many uses for the stand, including an armoire in the future for clothes and such. The afternoon is usually the longest part of the day for me, and for some reason, finding this stand for free today just felt like a tender mercy of the Lord to me. It felt like He was telling me, "I remember you, Melissa. I love you, and I am thinking of you." I am so grateful for a kind and merciful Savior who made it possible for me to live with my Father in Heaven again someday. I know that every good thing comes from Him. Even though He doesn't take away our burdens, He will strengthen us, and help us to bear up by sending us angels to help us "push our handcarts." Today my angels were probably unaware of their help, but I am grateful to them anyways. The last several weeks I have noticed many angels in my life, and I am grateful to each of them for the help they have provided to me. The scripture in Matthew 6 keeps coming to my mind: "And why take ye thought for raiment? ^aConsider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, ^ashall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little ^bfaith?"

Heavenly Father is always mindful of us, and I love Him. I know He lives, and that He loves us. I know that He gives us the scriptures to comfort us and teach us, and I have drawn much support from His Holy Word the last few months. I know that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is His church in these latter days, and that the Book of Mormon and the Bible are true. I am so grateful that He sends angels to us to comfort us as Heavenly Messengers when we need His strength the most. I testify of these things in the name of His Son and my Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.