Tuesday Devotional

Today, being Tuesday, BYU held its weekly devotional. It begins at 11 a.m., which is usually not a good time for me, as I'm wrapped up in the lunch/nap routine. Although my intentions are always good, I have not watched one in...well, let's just say it's been quite a while. So, being a new year, I decided that I wanted to fit watching the devo, (as we used to call it at KBYU), into my weekly routine.

Today, President Henry B. Eyring spoke, so it was a great day to start watching again! He said after much thought and prayer, the topic he was to speak on finally came to him: God's Deliverance. (Now, if you have musical siblings like mine who love to play the piano, then you probably also heard the music from Prince of Egypt booming in your head--"Deliver us!" *boom-BOOM* And, the story of the Israelites begins to play in your mind.) My interest was certainly piqued as I wondered what new spin President Eyring was going to put on this story? But, to my surprise, he didn't even mention the Israelites; He talked about the ways God delivers us in our lives. What I got from it was that when we ask God for deliverance, He doesn't take away the opportunities to learn or experience life. Instead, He has the power to deliver us from the pain and suffering related to those experiences. God's will still comes to pass and He still allows us to experience all that we can in this life. But, He will bless us with strength to endure the opportunities and experiences that might seem more than we can bear.

As ready as I am to move away from BYU and start living in "the real world" again, I am certainly enjoying the time that I still have here and appreciate the opportunity to learn from these inspired men on an on-going basis.