Joyfully Delicious

In Alma 32 we read about "experimenting upon the word" by planting the seed of faith, nourishing the tree (the word), and waiting with diligence and patience, looking forward to the fruit that is most precious, which is sweet above all that is sweet, and which is white above all that is white, yea and pure above all that is pure.

Andy was in California, then he was sent to AZ, off again within a few weeks to Oklahoma where he thought he would settle in for the next few years.  We got a phone call a week ago from him telling us he was being transferred again, but didn't know where.  On Thursday he called and said he was in Pima County Jail, just down the street!  When in the La Palma correctional facility the first time he asked me for names and addresses so he could begin to take care of unfinished legal business.  A hearing was scheduled and he was sent to AZ once again.  We were able to visit him on Friday for thirty minutes on a video monitor.  It has been almost two years since I have seen him.  And although via phone and a fuzzy video my visit with him was the fruit that is sweet, white and pure.  It was joyfully delicious.

The "word" for me was "And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage ... And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light, yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord."

I stand as a witness that the Lord God does visit His people in their afflictions.