Tender Mercy

Dear Life,


We have had a really challenging year so far.  You can 


read about it here.  


But through all of the challenges we have had so 


many tender mercies.  People have shown our family 


so much love, we have been on the receiving end of


many tender mercies. 


     "Each of us can have eyes to see 


clearly and ears to hear distinctly the 


tender mercies of the Lord as they


strengthen and assist us in these latter     


days."   


David A. Bednar
The Tender Mercies of the Lord
General Conference  April 2005


Each day I have learned to recognize and appreciate


the good in the day.  If I didn't focus on whatever I 


could that was good or positive I think I would have 


lost my mind.  It helps me to just deal with what I 


have to deal with and not cry.  




It does NOT help me with my laundry.  Darn!




Last week I was able to unwittingly give someone else


a tender mercy.  


I took Kumaka to the doctor for his


UTI, and as I was talking with her, she was sharing 


some things in her life that were challenging right


now (we are good like that....she knows the good


bad and ugly about me....and she was having a really 


hard day so she just came in and unloaded).  




I shared a couple of experiences I had that were 


challenges similar to hers.  


Words came into my mind unbidden to share with her; 


the most important of which were this:


Continue to pray.  Continue to read the 


scriptures...even if it's just a small amount...every day


find the time to read and find comfort in them.She


hugged me and then she took sweet care of my baby


boy like usual. When she came in to check on him


before we left, she hugged  me, said she prayed in her 


office right after she left the room and felt better.  She 


told me that she really needed me today.  


WOW.


I'm going to the doctor because my baby is sick and I


get to help someone???


And all I could think of was God knows what he is 


doing.  


Then yesterday I had to take Kumaka back to see her 


because he was not getting better.  I had my husband 


with me.  As we left, she looks at him, and says your 


wife really helped me last week.  I love her.  And she 


hugged me forever.  She said it really helped and she 


could tell a difference.








     "As we emulate His perfect example, 


our hands can become His hands; our 


eyes, His eyes; our heart, His heart.....


This is the spirit of compassion: that we 


love others as ourselves, seek their 


happiness, and do unto them as we hope 


they would do unto us."




Dieter F. Uchtdorf
You Are My Hands
General Conference April 2010


It made me feel so good to help someone...even though I was going to see her so she could help me.  It really amazed me and made me think that I really need to be aware of what is going on around me.  It didn't take much for me to share some comforting words and give a hug..but it made a huge difference to her.  


I want to share this song with you...I love it!

Janice Kapp Perry

1. Tender mercies of the Lord

Come in quiet ways,

Not by mere coincidence,

But by heaven’s grace.

As we choose to follow Him

With full heart and soul,

We become His chosen ones

And tender mercies flow.

2. Tender mercies of the Lord

Come in times of need.

Gifts of faith and confidence

Fill us as we plead.

Words of guidance, hope, and peace

Help us feel God’s love.

By our faith, His mercies come

Like manna from above.

3. Tender mercies of the Lord

Come as we repent.

Sweet forgiveness, peace of mind

Follow, heaven-sent.

Faithfulness, obedience

Help us to discern.

Blessings sweet and personal

For which our spirits yearn.

4. Tender mercies of the Lord

Comfort us and guide.

In His time and in His way,

We receive His light.

As we yield our will to His,

Blessings freely flow.

We partake of love divine

Thru mercies He bestows.