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Touched By The Spirit

My cousin Cade had his Missionary Farewell yesterday and I feel so blessed to have been able to attend. First off, he is amazing. He is one of the funniest people I know and he is smart and a musical genius. He is simply his own person and there are endless characteristics/qualities that he possess that I would love to develop in myself. So I mean it is easy to say that I love the kid to death. But he spoke in sacrament meeting and the spirit that he brought was truly inspiring, and stronger than anything I have felt in a long time. It touched my heart. And I knew that he was called of God to serve, that he is worthy to serve, and that he has a testimony of the gospel and our Savior, Jesus Christ. It was such an incredible experience. When he concluded he played an original arrangement of Be Still My Soul on the piano and again the spirit was overwhelming. That is my favorite hymn, and it brings me so much comfort which I coincidentally really needed at that moment. Reminding us that we can and need to turn to the Savior for help in times of trouble the song sweetly says...
"Be still, my soul: the Lord is on thy side. Bear patiently the cross of grief or pain. Leave to thy God to order and provide; In every change, He faithful will remain. Be still, my soul: thy best, thy heavenly Friend. Through thorny ways leads to a joyful end."
How beautiful. Well needless to say I was a complete emotional wreck the entire day, constantly fighting back tears and often losing that battle. But I am so grateful for the experience and I wouldn't trade it for anything. I am so grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. For the Atonement, and my Savior, and the knowledge that I have of who I am and where I came from. And I am grateful for the tender mercies that the Lord sends me, to remind me of these things when I start to forget. I am so proud of Cade, all that he has been through and the person he has become, and I look forward to the next two years of letters and stories, because I know without a doubt that he will do incredible things.

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