Today we had a Family Home Evening and talked about Faith and Prayer. We watched “Lessons from the Lord’s Prayers” by Elder Russell M. Nelson from General Conference in April 2009.
Prayer has played an important part in my faith and testimony. Prayer and faith have helped me get through my toughest times. We have been told to pray and to pray often. I know I don’t pray often enough. Prayer can make us feel vulnerable, but that isn’t a bad thing. We just need to realize who is really in control. When we pray with sincerity and faith, we are opening up ourselves to blessings.
Back in 2007, I needed to decide on what type of dialysis I was going to do. While visiting the temple, I prayed about it and had a feeling that regardless of what I chose, it would all work out. Since that time, I have had a number of issues trying to get a working fistula, had a transplant that was rejected, and just last month, I had to get a clot removed from my arm. In the end, though, I don’t regret my decision to do hemodialysis. I think I probably would have had just as many issues with PD. It was an interesting concept, though, for me to know that Heavenly Father trusted me to make a choice between two paths each of which having no promise of being any easier than the other. It really came down to faith itself.
Prayer has played an important part in my faith and testimony. Prayer and faith have helped me get through my toughest times. We have been told to pray and to pray often. I know I don’t pray often enough. Prayer can make us feel vulnerable, but that isn’t a bad thing. We just need to realize who is really in control. When we pray with sincerity and faith, we are opening up ourselves to blessings.
Back in 2007, I needed to decide on what type of dialysis I was going to do. While visiting the temple, I prayed about it and had a feeling that regardless of what I chose, it would all work out. Since that time, I have had a number of issues trying to get a working fistula, had a transplant that was rejected, and just last month, I had to get a clot removed from my arm. In the end, though, I don’t regret my decision to do hemodialysis. I think I probably would have had just as many issues with PD. It was an interesting concept, though, for me to know that Heavenly Father trusted me to make a choice between two paths each of which having no promise of being any easier than the other. It really came down to faith itself.
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