I was in down town Salt Lake and was supposed to go pick up a guy and take him 15 minutes north, probably to Woods Cross or near there. I didn’t feel right about it and I didn’t want to do it so I went into Smith’s to go shopping. When you go shopping or spend some time doing something it transfers your ride to another person and doesn’t cost you a cancellation on your account. Poor dude but he got shifted to another driver and then I got a lady to drive. I felt better about this.
She got in the car and we started talking. She was about 30 and was going to see her boyfriend. She was from Provo and she said that she could tell I was a member of the church. She was saying all the right things like her brothers went on missions, her dad was a bishop and etc.
The way I could tell something wasn’t right, was that she said things that didn’t match your countenance, the feel I got and the look in her eyes. I knew there was an issue and she was trying to cover it with all of her family.
I felt the spirit whisper that she needed to start praying. It whispered that her father in heaven wanted her to start praying again. I also had the prompting that she wasn’t spending any time in the scriptures and that her life was overwhelming her and she felt like she was drowning.
The problem was that I just didn’t want to blurted it out. I wanted to work it into a conversation so that it could prepare her for the message. She seemed a little emotionally fragile at that moment.
I started talking about this blog. I talked about how the spirit whispers to me and lets me help people. I told her a few stories from the blog and could tell that she was enjoying the stories and comparing them with stories that she could remember from her family.
Finally we were approaching her destination. I was having a hard time finding the right time to be bold and say the words that I had been given. I had the thought that maybe this time I could let it go. Her family would surely look after her.
Then the lord spoke to my heart and the spirit whispered something that I’ll never forget. I felt the words, She is in your car to hear these words exactly, and if you don’t do it you will lose it. I felt chastised and motivated at the same time. It was a true use it or lose it ultimatum.
Then as we were pulling into the apartment complex I told her that I felt impressed to tell her that God had put her in my car just like those other people to receive a message. I said that the spirit was telling me that she needed to start to pray again. The spirit told me she hadn’t been praying and that her father in heaven wanted to hear from her. I told her that I perceived that she had experienced an intense injustice and blamed God.
There was silence and she started to tear up and get emotional. She said how did you know this. No one knows this but I was angry with God and I haven’t prayed in over a year. I told her that the spirit had told me and God knew. He knew who she was and he loved her very much. I told her he missed her and wanted her back. I also told her that she needed to read the scriptures and she would find the clarity she was seeking in her life.
She said, at this point that would be a total overhaul of her life. I said, Heavenly Father wants you to get started.
I asked her what she felt right then and she said that she felt peace and happiness. She said it felt familiar and it felt like love. I told her that this was the spirit of God confirming the things I had said to her.
I reminded her about the atonement and how the injustices that she had suffered could be made right through the atonement and benefit her in the eternities. I told her that there is no injustice and no pain that Christ hasn’t experienced or can’t understand. Through his power those burdens can be lifted.
She was crying and promised me that she would pray. I said that’s great! Promise your Heavenly Father too! She did. She thanked me and said that she would go in and pray right then.
Sometimes God sends you a lift 