Week 6: Finding Angels

This past week I've been able to see the angels of the Lord working around me, and it has been awesome.

There's a family we've begun to teach named the Honeycutts, who have eight children total (though we only teach the youngest six the lessons) and it is such a blessing to be able to get to love them all! Our goal is to try to help give them a foundation of the gospel that they can rely on as they grow up (they're lacking it in their own family life as their mom's an long-time inactive member and their dad never was a member), and these children are so precious as they all love learning about Jesus and have the sweetest spirits ever! (BTW there's Calub (14), Samara (11), Dezyrae (9), Havana (7), Brooklynn (5), and Aspen (3)- and Calub's the only boy).

So, as we got to tour the Meridian temple a few days ago, I noticed that there were so many pictures of Jesus loving little children, and that combined with the spirit that's in temples already (being in the temple is a glimpse of what being in heaven feels like 💛) it was just so overwhelming (in a good, spiritual way)- the love and the desire I felt by the end of the tour to help these precious children of God know how much He loves them.

So as I was studying and eventually came across Moroni 7 (love this chapter!) I couldn't help but think the angels it talks about in verse 22 are all who help His children come unto Christ and find everlasting joy in Him, and the angels I've had the pleasure to meet this week are Sister Foote and Brother Gulls.

Sister Foote is a lady in the ward who has been driving out of her way every Sunday morning for the past 3+ years to pick up the Honeycutts and bring them to church. And every lesson we have is at her house and she feeds them all and is like a mother to them and it is so sweet. 💟 And Brother Gulls brings Calub to scouts every Wednesday, and over to his house right before it every time to make sure he's been fed dinner and is being taken care of, and pretty much acts like a father-figure to him.

To me, these saints truly exemplify what it is to do as the Savior would do, and as they express charity to these children as if they were their own I know that they truly are angels of the Lord, and it's so inspiring.

So, I invite you all to read Moroni 7 and to pray for opportunities to be able to be angels for Heavenly Father's beloved children every day in your own lives, and then to look for those opportunities as you go throughout your day and do them!

Let me know how it goes. :)

Love you all,

Sister Wilcox 💛😊

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