Behold, Thou Art Nephi, and I Am God.

I had a rough week. I didn't get much sleep, I worked every day, and I had a lot of homework. I also had to make a pretty big decision about my house and where I thought I'd be in the next little while. I felt anxious, and uncertain that I could even make the right decision. My friend had told me to pray for a miracle, but what miracle was I supposed to pray for? I didn't know.

As I was driving to work Friday morning I felt pretty despondent.  I had been assigned to write a letter over the weekend and hadn't done it right. I had gone to bed only about four hours before, staying up till the week small hours of the morning rewriting it.  As I drove I began to feel overwhelmed with fear that I still hadn't done it right, that the person who had asked for it would be disappointed, that I'd have to rewrite it yet again, and that it wouldn't even make a difference anyway.

As I started to give into those feelings I felt that I should listen to my scriptures on my phone. I plugged in the auxiliary cord and pressed play. It had left off on Helaman, chapter 10. Then the narrator got to verse 6, and I started to cry.

"Behold, thou art Nephi, and I am God."

Right then, I knew I, too, was known. God knows each of us intimately. He is aware of our struggles, and waits to support us in them. I'm really grateful for a loving Father who allows us to go through situations that, although painful, will help us to grow and become the people who can live with Him eternally. And I'm especially grateful that through those situations, if we will remember that He is aware, he will give us the strength to get through them.