Great lesson By Carol Farnsworth

Drawing Closer to God--By Elder Terence M. Vinson of the Seventy

"Our Savior wants us to really love Him to the point that we want to align our will with His.  We can then feel His love and know His glory.  Then He can bless us as He wants to.  This happened to Nephi, the son of Helaman, who reached the stage wherer the Lord trusted him implicitly and, because of that, was able to bless him with all that he asked."

Carol put 3 questions on the board--Survey style

1.  Have you ever had a trial that has pushed you to your limits?
2.  Have you ever had a true miracle that averted disaster or immediately changed the course of events?
3.  Have you ever had a tiny miracle from the soft touch of the Holy Ghost?
Most of the ladies there could answer yes to all of these questions.  
Carol quoted from a story she found in the Deseret News that was originally on a blog by Kayla Lemmon.

"God will give you more than you can handle:  I guarantee it."

There is a certain phrase I've come to really dislike.  All my life, I've heard this phrase whenever I go through a rough patch.  And by rough patch, I mean a prickly, gnarly patch that leaves me bleeding to near death.  You're probably familiar with those kinds of PATCHES.
God will never give you more than you can handle is the prase I'm referring to.  It's a sweet sentiment, really.  The people who say it are speaking from caring and concerned hearts.  I wanted to know where that phrase was that people kept repeating to me in church and at work and over the phone.  So I turned to the scriptures...
"It never mentions anywhere in the scriptures that the Lord won't give you more than you can handle.  The Lord speaks of Him giving us an escape from temptations so that it's not too much to bear.  But when it comes to pain, trials, heartache, and burdens--not once does it say it won't be more than we can bear.  Instead, it beautifully says this instead:  "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn of me...for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."  (Matthew 11:28-30)
"You might be shrunken with sadnes or drowning in debt.  You might be overwhelmingly angry at someone at church or aching under the pressures of raising children or maybe the inability to have them.  You might be dealing with a terminal disease and you still have young children.  And chances are you might need your Redeemer to find you on the path and take up that heavy cross you're dragging.  Besides, even he tells us that he's more equipped to carry it, so why not hand it over?
Many times we think we can do it on our own.  I'm strong.  I am tough.  But we can't  We need our Savior.  We sometimes don't know what needing him means until we have no other choice.  He really is the only one who can make it bearble when life is simply anything but.

I think it is so important that we are reminded of this often.  We need to lay our burdens at the Lord's feet and let Him help us.  IS it easy...NO!!  But our burdens can become lighter if we will just submit ourselves to our Savior.  Thanks Carol for a WONDERFUL lesson.  We are so grateful for the great  teachers we have in our Relief Society!!!  Huge Blessings!!!