8/24/15

HELLO FAMILY!!!

I love you. Yep, it's true. I really do. So now that that is
established. What can I do for you? What do you really need right now?
I can't do much, but I know someone who can! This life is gorgeous,
and WONDERFUL! However, most of the big things that we experience in
life are not what life is all about! THANK GOODNESS! God says he works
by the little things to make Great and Marvelous things come to pass!
So in order to really be happy and to find joy in this life IS TO SEE
THE LITTLE THINGS that happen every single day! And not only see the
WONDERFUL little things that happen every day, but to remember them
and thank our Father for them! Oh, he is wonderful and is constantly
giving us little things to enjoy. To smile at. To laugh at (our
Heavenly Father does have a sense of perfect humor... Trust me... He's
funny!). Just today, I was thinking about how wonderful it is just to
exist and have a body! Or when we get to ride through the Ferocious
storms that go by, and the delightful opportunity to just ride your
bike in the rain and lightening! It is wonderful to just be. It truly
is a BEAUTIFUL world and every moment is precious. But the thing that
makes it all so wonderful and the thing that makes all the HARD things
EASY or maybe just BEARABLE is that we have a loving Heavenly Father
that is ALWAYS Watching over us and who is ALWAYS aware of us. HE
KNOWS EVERYTHING WE DO. HE KNOWS EVERYWHERE WE GO. HE KNOWS EVERYTHING
WE SAY. He knows every cry for help that we utter. He is there. He is
ALWAYS there. I didn't truly understand this before, but now I know,
that he is with us, and when I speak his words it has a knew meaning.
He is right there. We are never alone. OH, HOW WONDERFUL HE IS! WE ARE
NEVER ALONE! Even if you feel alone: YOU ARE NOT! Just because you
cannot see him does not mean He is not there! He is! Talk to HIM! If
the person that you loved more than anyone in this entire world moved
away for several years, and you had NO WAY to get ahold of them, how
would you feel if they never called you, or never emailed you, or
never even wrote you letters? IT WOULD BE AWEFUL! If you guys didn't
talk to me even for a month I would be heart broken. Completely. How
do you think our Heavenly Father feels when we never even tried to get
on our knees and tell him what is happening in our life. He wants to
talk to you, and he wants to help you! He sees what you need! And
knows the perfect way to help you, but He cannot help unless you ask
him. He wants so badly to give you what up you need, and it hurts Him
to watch us go through so many difficult things. If you pray, you will
feel Him close by. I promise. .

Love, Mr. Elder Flake