Have you ever had a difficult time getting or recognizing an answer to your prayers? Lindsey’s experience is a good reminder that faith and trust play an important role in our day to day lives and our ability to receive answers when they come.
Since we moved into our transitional house, my youngest (the baby) has been coughing up a storm every night in the middle of the night. She has been getting over a cold and for some reason in the middle of the night it manifests itself.
Well, a couple of nights ago I was tired and exhausted from the move, her birthday party, Fall festivities and her coughing every night. When I heard her cough I was too tired to get up out of the bed and try all my experimental remedies that help her through the cough attacks. More than anything I just wanted to sleep. I had an idea.
I prayed a silent prayer to Heavenly Father that He would stop her coughing and allow her a restful sleep as well as myself. I told Him why I needed rest as did she and how much this would mean to the both of us. At the end of my prayer she stopped coughing - I was so grateful for the silence and was then able to fall asleep.
About 3:00 am I woke up and realized that she had been continuously silent and had no other coughing attacks. I couldn't believe it. Instead of attributing that to the Lord I began to wonder if something had happened to her. Maybe she had died and that's why she was silent. I would feel so bad if she had died and it was my fault because I was too tired to get up with her when she was coughing. Realizing that I was doubting the Lord I began to struggle with my thoughts. Getting out of bed to check on her would mean that I doubted the Lord, yet trying to fall back asleep left me feeling guilty - what if something had happened to her?
And so it is with so many things in our lives. The Lord answers our prayers and blesses us and then we later question the choices we made on the confirmations we received. Were they really from Him? Was it our our thoughts and desires overpowering the Spirit?
Doctrine and Covenants 6:36
Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.
Bottom line. When you ask the Lord for something recognizing and accepting His will, and you get it - He answered your prayer. Do not doubt but rejoice!
Lindsey Rietzsch is the author of How to Date Your Spouse and the inventor of Hydroheel, a pedicure treatment sold in spas and salons that heals dry feet. Featured as a guest on FOX & Friends for her book, Lindsey taken her message of preserving marriage and family nationwide. She enjoys the many different hats that she wears which include entrepreneur, business owner, motivational speaker, relationship coach, workshop presenter, online food guru, writer (of three blogs), author, inventor and her most favorite - being a mom. She resides in Layton, Utah with her handsome husband (of 11 years) Manuel, and three amazing children - Gabe 5, Paisley 3, and Cambrey 1. She graduated from Weber State University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Integrated Studies in Communication, Family Studies and Social Work. Honored as Wasatch Woman Magazine's "Mother of the Year"in January 2010 and "Mom Who is Making It" at the Mom's Who Make It Conference July 2009, Lindsey carefully strives to balance being a stay at home mom and wife, with all her many projects. She enjoys family history, creating recipes, decorating and serving her friends and family. Lindsey is currently finishing up her second book, Successful Failures - her personal story of divine insight as to how we can find successes amongst our failures and see the Lord's hand in all things. Lindsey blogs at Stand a Little Taller
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