Doubt Not, But Be Believing

Dear all, 

What a whirlwind of miracles this week has been! It included knocking at the wrong address and finding a prepared family, deciding to visit a former investigator at exactly the right time and helping the Lord lift them, and helping a returning member get rid of books that "Don't belong in a temple," to quote her. This has been one of the fastest weeks of my entire mission! There wasn't a spare moment that we weren't rushing to and from appointments! The Lord is good and is hastening His work!

I hope all is going well for you and you are seeing the Lord's hand in your life! Isn't He so good to us all?

There are so many miracles to be found in the scriptures! Moses splitting the Red Sea, the dead brought back to life, many miraculous healings, etc. Not to mention the greatest miracle of all: the Atonement of Jesus Christ. 

"I will show unto you a God of miracles, even the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and it is that same God who created the heavens and the earth, and all things that in them are" (Mormon 9:11).

"Behold, are not the things that God hath wrought marvelous in our eyes? Yea, and who can comprehend the marvelous works of God?

Who shall say that it was not a miracle that by his word the heaven and the earth should be; and by the power of his word man was created of the dust of the earth; and by the power of his word have miracles been wrought?

And who shall say that Jesus Christ did not do many mighty miracles? And there were many mighty miracles wrought by the hands of the apostles.

And if there were miracles wrought then, why has God ceased to be a God of miracles and yet be an unchangeable Being? And behold, I say unto you he changeth not; if so he would cease to be God; and he ceaseth not to be God, and is a God of miracles" (Mormon 9:16-19).

There are so many miracles to be found in the scriptures, and those miracles have not ceased today! Yet so many people claim that they have! Why would that be?

"And the reason why he ceaseth to do miracles among the children of men is because that they dwindle in unbelief, and depart from the right way, and know not the God in whom they should trust" (Mormon 9:20).

One of the reasons miracles "cease" is that we are not being obedient, but another, very important reason is that they DO NOT KNOW THE GOD IN WHOM THEY SHOULD TRUST!

Who is the God whom we should trust?

"For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith" (2 Nephi 27:23).

Are we trusting the promised of God? He tells us constantly that He is a God of miracles. As we trust that promise, our faith will increase and our eyes will be opened to the miracles that are always pouring down upon us. 

"...Doubt not, but be believing..." (Mormon 9:27).

If we recognize the small miracles in our lives, the mighty ones will become more apparent. Doubt not, but be believing! The miracles are there! Know the God in whom you trust! 

Love, 

Sister Waite