At the risk of starting this six-week walk a little unconventionally, I am going to share how I most deeply felt Christ today. It's a little, let's say, unusual.
But first, a little background: I am currently in love with the song, "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars. (Listen below) I have this dream of my husband one day feeling for me the way Bruno feels about the girl in the song. I think it's because the first time I heard it was at my cousin's wedding and that is EXACTLY how he feels about his new wife. It makes my little romantic heart go wild!
This morning started off a little rough. I went to sleep with a headache and woke up with it. My phone died permanently, so I borrowed my roommate's clock to wake up, but I was so nervous about it actually ringing that I kept waking up through the night. I was really tired, so I went back to sleep without a snooze button (it honestly didn't have a snooze button!) and woke up pretty late. I then took too long to get ready and I felt myself saying, "Oh great, Kate. Way to start off this spiritual journey!"
Anyway, I set out the door this morning on my way to work. Normally I listen to a book on CD, but I went to the library on Saturday and hadn't put a new book into the CD player, so the radio was on and it was playing "Just the Way You Are". I haven't listened to the radio in forever and didn't even know that it played this song, so that was the first surprise. The second surprise was that I knew instantly that it was a tender mercy of the Lord and His way of telling me in a way that he feels greater love for me even than even my future companion will. I know it sounds weird, but I knew right away that the Lord knows my heart and desires to fill those innermost desires if only I will come to Him and trust Him.
It reminded me of the scripture in 1 Nephi 1:20 about the tender mercies of the Lord:
"But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance."Even though it was a less-than-spiritual song, the Lord knows my heart. It was a sweet thing to be reminded of.
1 comment:
That's a great song!! I love when Heavenly Father answers prayers through music. One time on the mission I was having a rough day and while we were on the bus after a district meeting the words from that YW song came to mind, "Walk tall you're a daughter, a child of God. Be strong, please remember who you are. Try to understand, you're part of His great plan. He's closer than you know, Reach up and take His hand."
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