Quiet Hearts

Today I have a quiet heart.  I usually have a happy and full heart.  But today it is quiet and still.  

Last night Austin and I read in Alma 9.  Alma is calling Ammonihah to repentance and is telling the Nephites that because of the light given them it would be worse for them than the Laminites if they don't repent.  It's supposed to be a little foreboding using words like "destroy" and "transgress".  But the way I read some of the verses in my head it read to me like it was a list of my blessings:

 21 Having been visited by the Spirit of God; having conversed with angels, and having been spoken unto by the voice of the Lord; and having the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and also many gifts, the gift of speaking with tongues, and the gift of preaching, and the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the gift of translation;

 22 Yea, and after having been delivered of God out of the land of Jerusalem, by the hand of the Lord; having been saved from famine, and from sickness, and all manner of diseases of every kind; and they having waxed strong in battle, that they might not be destroyed; having been brought out of bondage time after time, and having been kept and preserved until now; and they have been prospered until they are rich in all manner of things—

Today I saw some thing that made my heart ache and yearn, but it also reminded me of how very aware Heavenly Father is of the desires of my heart.  He has heard my prayers and I've felt how very deeply He cares about those desires.  I decided that I will not be impatient, I'm just going to trust; and I'm going to do it well.  I am enduring well.