Timing of Prayers

If you find yourself having to wait for a blessing or if it seems that God isn’t hearing your prayers, the story of Elisabeth and Zacharias can be a reminder that He hasn’t forgotten you. As Elder Jeffrey R. Holland promised: “While we work and wait together for the answers to some of our prayers, I offer you my apostolic promise that they are heard and they are answered, though perhaps not at the time or in the way we wanted. But they are always answered at the time and in the way an omniscient and eternally compassionate parent should answer them" ("Waiting on the Lord, " Ensign or Liahona, Nov 2020, 115-16).  

Happy New Year 2023: Baby Jesus Smiled at Me

Jesus Smiled At Me - A True Story by Sonja Bodon

“When I was about between 4 & 5 years old, I remember my mom & dad were both working and so someone had to take care of me. A pre-school was chosen who took in children from birth to five.

As I remember the story I must have been between 4 & 5 years old when this happened. I was chosen to be in a play performed by the children of the school. It was a Christmas story about the birth of baby Jesus. I brought a gift to baby Jesus. I had to say something like this, “this is my gift to you Baby Jesus,” during rehearsals baby Jesus was a doll but during the real performance they used a real baby and I was unaware of this. As I gave the gift to the baby and said my line, I turned around to the audience and said, “Baby Jesus smiled at me”….That was eighty years ago! I can still feel what it was like to have baby Jesus smile at me and whenever I do something good I can hear myself saying, “baby Jesus smiled at me!” And I still feel it too. It is a wonderful feeling even though I am quite a bit older now. The same can be said about not feeling good or about good conscience or bad.”