Feb. 18 District Conference

Feb. 18 District Conference

In case you didn’t catch the idea from the title, today was Israel District Conference. We had Elder Rasband (in the Presidency of the Quorum of the Seventy) here with us, which was really neat. I loved listening to all the testimonies and stories of all the speakers. I have realized how difficult life can be for the saints here. How the Seperation Wall has isolated the saints in the West Bank. I can see that these people testimonies are so string because of the hardships they have to face. My favorite part of the day was in the Student’s Fireside with a musical number. The music was so beautiful, I don’t remember the title but it started out with the Becca on the piano, Courtney N. and Danielle on violins, and then Courtney B. on the cello; then Jen singing. I just felt a surge of the spirit when they started playing. The meeting was question and answer which was great as well but the music is what really made me feel the spirit today. After the meeting I just knew that I needed to get out and write. So that is what I did and this is what I wrote:

I Will Come

Lord, you want me to fly,

To fly on my own.

So, I try a little bit harder,

Flap my wings a little bit faster,

Push myself a little bit farther.

My goal beyond the haze in the distance

So far away is where You are.

When my heart fails me -

I can no longer keep going.

Is when you send your Son

To aid me; help me keep faith; remind me:

My family, united

Once again, my driving force.

Loved ones no longer near,

Heavenly Parents:

Loving, desiring my return.

My mind is set:

“Lord, I will come.

How could I stay?

After what you have done.

Lord, I will come.”

Here

Here ––

Here Lord is where I long to stay.

Here, where your love is sufficient..

Lord it is here, in Your arms that I feel safe

Safe from the cold, from the loneliness,

From the trials and the hurt.

Here, in Your arms, I long to stay.

But, Lord why am I so quick to distract/

So quick to turn and wander...

To leave Thee Lord. Why, Lord, am I so fallen?

So easily swayed back to the natural man?

Time and time again, Lord I leave Thee,

Taken for granted, with only myself,

My wretched ungrateful, forgetful self to blame.

Without fail Lord, I stumble, I cry, I fall,

And once again you are there.

There to help, to send me a friend

To dry my tears, to lift me up and let me try again.

It is here, Lord, here with You,

Continually ascending higher

Here dependent on You.

Here ––

Here Lord is where I long to stay.

Here, where your love is sufficient..

Lord it is here, in Your arms that I feel safe

Safe from the cold, from the loneliness,

From the trials and the hurt.

Here, in Your arms, I long to stay.