Remember the Promise

Sometimes, on gray overcast days, I wonder, humbly, when my promises will come true. Some times they seem so far off, especially when you are heart broken and it seems they have slipped again  from your finger tips.

This talk often comes to mind.

Elder Spencer J. Condie
"Claim the Exceeding Great and Precious Promises"

The Apostle Peter testified that “the Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering” toward us (2 Peter 3:9). In this age of one-hour dry cleaning and one-minute fast-food franchises, it may at times seem to us as though a loving Heavenly Father has misplaced our precious promises or He has put them on hold or filed them under the wrong name.

Such were the feelings of Rachel.

But with the passage of time, we encounter four of the most beautiful words in holy writ: “And God remembered Rachel” (Genesis 30:22). And she was blessed with the birth of Joseph and later the birth of Benjamin. There are millions on earth today who are descendants of Joseph who have embraced the Abrahamic promise that through their efforts “shall all the families of the earth be blessed, even with the blessings of the Gospel, which are the blessings of salvation, even of life eternal” (Abraham 2:11).


When heaven’s promises sometimes seem afar off, I pray that each of us will embrace these exceeding great and precious promises and never let go. And just as God remembered Rachel, God will remember you.

I know that God will remember me. I will face the future with faith and hope. And like the pioneers leaving Nauvoo, I may be homeless, but not hopeless. Heart broken, but my spirit is strong.