Blessings

Today I had a wonderful experience! I was driving down to Mom's (Lehi) going the back way. I love going the back way. It is quiet, peaceful and we have seen some beautiful things along that road through the years. Anyway, I decided that all the way down to Mother's (about 55 miles) I would I would turn off the radio/CD and verbally thank Heavenly Father for all His blessings. I thought that it would only last until Stockton. I was wrong. The more blessings I said, the more came into my mind. I did this ALL THE WAY TO LEHI! And it wasn't until Eagle Mountain that I started thanking Him for the material things of life. Before that it was all about the blessings of the Gospel and family. I could really feel the warm comfort of the Holy Ghost as I drove.

Also, today was the day that Mom and I finally took the biography of my Dad to the printers. This has been a two year project for the two of us. What a wonderful experience this has been. I have learned more in those two years about my Dad and Mom then all the years previously. For those who don't know, my Dad has been gone since 1975, before I was married.

I felt as if the Lord was pouring a pitcher full of inspiration and blessings as we labored over this history. Today for instance, I had brought a copy of the history on a CD to mom's that I had worked on throughout the week with last minute changes and such. After we had prayer together and took care of her books, I popped the CD into her computer and it said it was a bad disc. My heart dropped. I tried again. Same thing. I bowed my head and asked the Lord to help us get this to the printers today. I tried the CD in the other drive and, yes, it worked. Thats a blessing. Then, we took it to the printer and he said he needed it in a pdf file. I knew that mom's computer didn't have a pdf converter and so I was trying to download a free trial from the internet. She has dial up and so it was really slow. We wouldn't be able to make it to the printers on time. I said another prayer in my heart and right afterward I thought of Mom's next door neighbor, Mike. He is an I.T. guy. I called him up and he came over, took the file to his house and converted it to pdf. Not only that, he also loaded a pdf converter onto mom's computer for us for the future. WHAT A GUY!!

Some might think this is coincidence, I believe it was the Lord trying to help two of His daughters do something that was good. I know He helped us today. As I drove home thinking about this experience and so many like it through the years, I verbally thanked Him for the little miracles that came today.