Again, my brothers and sisters, our Heavenly Father is aware of our needs and will help us as we call upon Him for assistance. I believe that no concern of ours is too small or insignificant. The Lord is in the details of our lives.-President Thomas S. Monson
I remember as a newly called missionary (to the Russia, Samara mission), I loved to sing in the Choir at the Missionary Training Center (MTC). Every Sunday a leader of the church came to speak to us missionaries in training, and the MTC choir always sang for these meetings. I remember feeling so much joy in singing the hymns to the leaders of the church and sharing the thoughts of my heart through song. I even prayed in gratitude thanking Heavenly Father that I was given the opportunity while in the MTC to share my testimony of the reality of our Heavenly Father, and His love for us and all of His children, and of prophets, revelation, miracles, peace, happiness, eternity, etc with the leaders of the church. I know that Heavenly Father heard this prayer of gratitude.
Over a year later, President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, the first counselor to the prophet, along with Elder Anderson, an apostle, came to visit our mission in Russia. It was a small intimate meeting with Pres. Uchtdorf and Elder Anderson and their wives, and I was asked to sing in a quartet, one of my favorite hymns, "Lead Kindly Light" in my favorite language, Russian. I am not a wonderful singer, I can stay in tune with practice, so truly, this was a very special experience for me. I felt that indeed this was in response to my prayer of gratitude for being able to sing for the apostles when they came to the MTC and share my love and support for them.
Our Heavenly Father is truly in the details of our lives, as is evident by the beauty of these snowflakes. So small and insignificant, and short-lived, yet, they are created with delicate beauty. That is how our Heavenly Father is. He loves us, and makes everything beautiful for our wonderment and enjoyment. We are not small and insignificant to Him. We are eternal and have a capability of becoming like Him, creators and divine architects.
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