Doctrine and Covenants 63:47
He that is faithful and endureth shall overcome the world.
There are two major requirements to overcoming the world, being faithful and enduring with that faith until the end.
We are currently in Newport Beach, California on a family vacation. Today we went to the beach around 6:30 pm because we all got fried yesterday. We were having a good time. I was playing with the younger kids on the beach, when I heard a desperate cry from Alexa, my second oldest daughter. She screamed to me that she just lost her phone in the waves. She has bought a waterproof case and lanyard to use at that water parks this summer and she took it in the ocean to get some real action shots while they battled the waves and boogie boarded. She had her goggles and phone around her neck and then the next moment they both sliding down her body. I found out after that she was afraid to tell Kiera and me that she lost her phone. Anyway, she cried out and Kembri who was with her cried out as well. I did not know what to do, because there was simply no way we would find it. The waves today were big and powerful. I sat for a second and then I had a feeling that I needed to get out there in the cold water and help Alexa find them or at least give her my all and best efforts in doing so.
So, I grabbed some goggles that Cessilee handed me and I dove into the waves. Kiera laughed so hard afterwards, because when I dove into the water and started swimming, It looked like I didn’t move at all. 😂 It sure did feel like it took me a while to get out to her. I remember trying to swim and breathe, it is tough to swim in a raging ocean. Alexa said that she felt that I got to her really fast, which made me feel good.
So, I got to her and I stuck my head under the water to try and see and could not see anything, it was way too sandy. We frantically searched and searched. We said many prayers. I think it was Cessilee that prayer we before I swam out to her, and Alexa and Kembri prayed hard several times. I was fully in action mode and prayed while I swam and searched. It was very hard to have hope, because it just seemed so impossible, but we just had faith and went to work.
We must have searched for a good 5-7 minutes without any success. I was searching with my feet, all over, when suddenly, I felt something. My heart soared, because I had felt sea weed before, but this felt slightly different. I then felt a flat smooth surface and knew the Lord had answered our prayers; it was her cell phone. I held it up high and screamed with victory. It was such a happy blessed moment. Such joy and relief fell upon me and everyone. Alexa, Kembri, and I just hugged each other and said a thank you prayer, while the waves crashed upon us.
I immediately thought of this daily quote that I had made earlier. I found out that Alexa had prayed and felt that we will find it and that I would help her find it. She always thought that it might take a long time and if she was willing to put in the effort and time, I will help her find it. She asked me how long I would have looked for it for, and I said as long as I needed to either find it or know that we had given our all and the rest is up to the Lord. So, here it is we all were faithful (or doing our best to be 😀) and we were enduring or willing to give our all and put in the time and effort needed, and in the great mercy of the Lord he allowed us to overcome. But, our faith was such that whether he gave us the blessing of the phone or not, it was 100% in His hands and we would meet that with total faith regardless of the outcome. Kembri prayed that if someone needed us to not find it, to learn or something, that was fine, but if not, then please help us find the phone. I just love the great faith of my children and the tender mercy of the Lord in blessing us to find her phone among the impossible waves that beat upon us and could have easily swept it away into its unknown depths.
Praise be to God!!
Craig
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