He Reaches My Reaching
I am always amazed at the story of the woman with the issue of blood. For 12 years she battled. Feeling alone and abandoned. Trying everything to possible fix what, for so long, brought so much disappointment and pain.
The time finally came where jesus was in her reach,
"For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole."
It was her reach of faith that led her to her healing.
"And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."
From this story we begin to see that there is nothing that can keep us out of the saviours reach.
He reaches our reaching.
I have never reached out more to my saviour than i have during the last 2 transfers. There have been so many hard moment. So many moments i didnt know how i would possibly be able to do it. I have spent countless time on my knees. Reaching as high as i could to heaven. In hopes that he would be able to grab ahold of me.
I quickly learned that he is found long before the reaching. I like to think the reaching is for us. If we didnt reach we wouldnt be able to push through the fog that blocks our view of the saviour.
And it is when i have been able to reach past the thick fog that i see him. I see that he has been there all along. Waiting for me to grab onto his hand.
It is in the reach that the Saviour is able to lead me.
It was a day of many this week i felt like i was carrying the work on my back alone. Time came for one of our lessons and they didnt show. I was upset but, I instantly knew that we needed to reach up to the lord and ask him what we should do.
The spirit hit me so hard that we needed to go finding and that we needed to go to this specific area. We got up and left. We stopped everyone. No one would listen or stop. For the half hour we had we seemed to we running into a wall, nothing was going anywhere. We started to make our way back and we passed this lady with a hello. I recognised as we passed her that she pulled put a nicotine replacement to spray into her mouth. I remembered a dear friend in Stockport who had the same thing when they were trying to quit smoking. My heart became so tender for this lady and what she must be going through.
The spirit instantly hit me and whispered to me, "you need to tell her she is doing amazing and that she is strong."
I turned around to start running to her before it was too late and to my suprise she was waiting right behind us. I knew this was inspired.
We stopped her and i expressed that i felt like i needed to tell her that she is doing amazing and that she is strong. Tears filled her eyes. We began talking. She expressed her feelings and doubts. Her reasons for not believing. And for the first time in a long time i knew that it wasnt me that was speaking, but the lord. The Lord knew exactly what needed to be said that would begin to soften this daughters heart. Time came to a close and she needed to get on her way. Even though we had an amazing conversation she felt the time just wasnt right yet. I told her we would give her a card with our information and that she could reach out to us at anytime.
In my pocket i only had 3 cards left. 2 with a book of mormon on the front and 1 that said "is there a god?" In that moment we looked at each other and i said, "god is reaching out to you." Tears continued to fill her eyes. We exchanged a hug and went on our way.
I knew the lord needed us to find this women. He reached her and now she knows in whom she can reach to.
A moment of reaching up that i will never forget.
Joy filled my heart as i got to come together with some beautiful sisters that came out on the mission with me. We got to talk for hours in the beautiful hills of england as we did a service project. I loved getting to look back and see how far we have come over the last 8 1/2 months. We started talking about if there will ever come a time in our missions where we feel like we are doing enough. We talked and talked and we came to the conclusion that no matter what there will always be more to give. There will always be something to reach for. But, we have seen that whatever we give the lord takes and makes it more.
He will always reach our reaching.
Even when the reach is small and weak, he comes and lift and makes us more.
This last transfer has been so challenging but never in my life have i been so close to my saviour. I know he lives. He walks with me. He carries me. He knows me. He reaches my reaching. Because he loves me perfectly.
I love you all. I pray for you every day. I know heavenly father and jesus christ love you.
Reach for him.
With love,
Sister B
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