One night this blonde girl in her 20s got in my car after having been with some of her friends in a bar downtown. She had been drinking but she wasn’t drunk. She was going from that bar to another party not far from East high school. I asked her where she was from. I ask almost everyone that because no one is from Salt Lake. She said she was born in Logan but grew up in New York. She said she came back to go to college and here she was.
The spirit prompted me that I would be speaking to this girl.
This was a bubbly happy girl. She had a smile on her face and you could tell that being happy was very important to her. I said to her, you are the happiest passenger I’ve had all week. Just as I said that I was given the inspiration on what words I was supposed to say to her.
She said that I was a very nice person and that she enjoyed being in my car. I asked her if it would be OK if I shared some positive observations I had made. She said, yes! Bring it on!
I said to her, even though you are a very happy person with a smile all the time, it makes you sad and very frustrated deep down that people, even your friends see you as superficial and not serious. They discount your capacity when they should embrace the depth of your love for other people. It hurts you that people can’t see this side of her and feel the love you have for your family and friends. It hurt that she was dismissed and that her heart was dismissed by her friends and family. I said, this hurts because you feel it limits your ability to do good and share your love. You crave people taking your love and your ability to share that seriously.
I also told her that people love being around her, she puts them at ease and children are drawn to her and that she loves that pure energy and love that comes from them
There was a pause in the car and she said how do you know this? Are you a mind reader? Who told you this and how could you know. I told her that the answer had to do with religion and she said bring it on.
I told her that I was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints and that when we get baptized we get the gift of the Holy Ghost. That gift gives us the gift of discernment and prophecy if we seek those gifts to bless others.
I told her that tonight through the Holy Ghost I had been given those words to say and that they were a message from God to her. They were a message that he loved her, he knew who she was and that he wanted her back. At this point I had no idea if she knew anything about the church.
She fumbled for the words but eventually got out the phrase I used to be Mormon but I still believe, these things. She said I still believe in the plan of salvation and the doctrine. She said that she had been born into the church, she had been the seminary class president and done personal progress and everything in the church but that she had fallen away
I told her that it’s clear to me that this is why God sent me here tonight. It is because he wants her back. I told her that she knows this too.
I felt prompted to tell her that when she drives by churches she has a longing and feels the need to go. I told her she even contemplated going many times but then when the time gets close Satan gets in her ear and tells her she’s not worthy. He tells her that they don’t want her because she’s not worthy and that they would judge her and that would make her feel horrible.
I told her that nothing could be further from the truth. I told her that every single person that goes to church has had Satan whispering in their ear as well. I told her that he is a liar and we should never listen to the lies he says. I told her that the Book of Mormon says that anything that teaches a man not to pray is of the devil. Same deal!
I told her that it may be true that someone judges her because that’s who we are, we all judge but that if someone judges her harshly or she feels judged she should go up and love that person. I told her of a time in my life when I was judged with our family and my reaction was to go early so I could sit by the people that were judging us and get to know them rather than run away.
She laughed and said that this was awesome.
I said the bottom line is it God want you back. He want you back in church. He want you back on track and he wants you back on the cabinet path.
I also felt impressed to tell that she had been praying and that her father in heaven needed to hear from her. I told her that if she would pray it would lift the angst and chase away the whispers of Satan and give her the power to overcome.
She said that this was the most amazing moment of her life. She knew that God knew but now she knows he’s watching and that he loves her.
I told her about my blog and how God puts people in my car to deliver a message and then I told her, tonight that message is for you and that message is that God wants you back in church and he needs you to pray.
She looked at my blog and when she saw the heading that said “sometimes God sends you a lift, then she looked at me and said, wow! That’s exactly what this has been. You brought the spirit back into my life and I need to turn this thing around.
I asked her how she was feeling right then and she said like she was being hugged. I told her that this is how she felt the spirit, I told her this is her personal way of feeling the spirit and that only she and her father know how that works between them. I told her he loved her and he was hugging her.
We had arrived at the party and she had been sitting in my car in for an additional five minutes. She told me that she would go to church for sure this weekend and she would thank god that he sent a Lift
I could see what a great blessing that kind of love could be in the church, in her family and in missionary work
Sometimes God sends you a lift 