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“Carpenter, Carpenter”

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This one is close to my heart.

Some of you know that 2021 was a really hard year for me. February brought pain like I’d never experienced- physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. I had surgery pain from a hysterectomy, and a combination of the rest from a mental breakdown. Healing from those experiences has been a very challenging journey- and I still have some effects that I continue to work through. I am so grateful for how far I’ve come, and for the transformative affect it has had on my life.

The Carpenter in this song is my Savior, Jesus Christ. I have come to know his kind, gentle, steady hands better as He has guided me through my healing process. I love Him and I trust Him.

I love the thought I’ve heard various times that when we experience suffering, we have experienced a small taste of what our Savior experienced suffering for all of us, and therefore have a unique ability to succor (or run to) others who are suffering. It is partially with this intent that I share my song with you. Perhaps it can reach someone whose heart is aching and needs extra hope and comfort. If there’s two things I’ve learned it’s these: God never leaves us alone, and He ALWAYS makes beauty from ashes.

Love

Laura

(Composing, Arranging, Recording, Mixing and Mastering by Laura Harper)

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Sunday Thoughts

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Hello, friends.

This morning I read this from a talk by Elder Budge (Consistent and Resilient Trust, November 2019):

“After the Lord worked with the Brother of Jared to resolve each of his concerns, he then explained, “Ye cannot cross this great deep save I prepare a way for you against the waves of the sea, and the winds which have gone forth, and the floods which shall come.

The Lord made it clear that ultimately the Jaredites could not make it to the promised land without Him. They were not in control and the only way they could make it across the great deep was to put their trust in Him. These experiences and tutoring from the Lord seemed to deepen the Brother of Jared’s faith and strengthen his trust in the Lord.”

Wow, I love this so much. It reminds me of an experience I had last fall where I kept feeling like I needed to find a new way to move forward because I knew the current way I was going about it was not going to get me where I needed to go in my circumstances. I kept thinking “I need to find a new way” and would often feel a follow-up thought suggested to my mind: “He will prepare a way for your escape.”

“I’ll find a way.” “He will prepare a way.” The suggestion would come gently, and often. I had not mentioned this frequent train of thought to my husband, and one night I asked for a blessing to help me make an important decision about these circumstances I’ve been referring to. In the blessing, I was told that “Heavenly Father has prepared a way for your escape but you need to be willing to do it His way.” It was a beautiful confirmation that I was safely in His care, and the way out was to put my trust more fully in my Heavenly Father.

I’m so grateful for a loving Father in Heaven who is so aware of each of us. Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are so real to me. In the challenging experiences of our lives, we find them nearby in a way we don’t have to when we feel comfortable and life is going well. Their love and support is real and I’m so grateful to have felt it in my life.

Love,

Laur