#7) You Are Never Alone

"If ye will have faith in me ye shall have power to do whatsoever thing is expedient in me." (Moroni 7:33)

Last night my roommate told me how lonely she has felt the last couple weeks of school. She said that she feels alone even when she is surrounded by friends. As I tried to share words of comfort by telling her that the Lord is always there for her I realized how blessed I have been this past week of school.

I had a terribly overwhelming week with a research paper and four tests, one of which was a final. Tuesday night, before I was going to bed, I was asking myself how I was ever going to accomplish everything that needed to be done. I was reading in my scriptures and came across a scripture that said "...all things may be done through Christ." I continued to read and found another passage that specifically stood out to me. It was about relying on the Lord and said "...all you need is faith." After I finished my scripture study, I went to bed with hopes that all would go well with my studies.

I decided that I would continue to exercise every day and read my scriptures no matter how much homework I had. The next day at school, one of my friends from class asked me to study with him for our final. He walked to the testing center with me and helped me remember information I would not have recalled otherwise. I got a 96 on the test and left the testing center in a great mood. Thursday I had two tests to take, both of which I was especially worried for. When I was sitting in class I got two texts from different friends that wanted to study with me. I studied with both of them and ended up getting A's again on both tests. After I got out of the testing center, it was cold, dark and raining. I called my roommate for a ride and she happily picked me up. While driving home with her, I noticed that I missed a call from my sister. She left a message telling me that she would be happy to help me revise my research paper. I was thrilled to have her help and feel like I wouldn't have done as well as I did on my paper without her good judgment.

I know that I wouldn't have been able to accomplish all of my priorities without the help of the Lord. All of my friends service to me was a testimony not only of charity but of faith. If I had gone about the week with the attitude that I was going to fail and didn’t do the simple things like pray and read the scriptures, I probably wouldn’t have done as well as I actually did. We are not alone. The Lord puts people in our path to help us when we are lonely or in need of help to lighten our load. I hope that my roommate can someday learn this lesson.