Today I read Deuteronomy 32 where the Lord reminds Israel that He is their rock and their salvation and that it is through Him that they conquer. He reminds them that with His help they conquer their enemies and overcome all obstacles because there is no other God but Him and He has chosen them to be His people.
This chapter reminds me a lot of Jesus and Heavenly Father's lament about Jerusalem and the people of the world in general. Where they ask if they have forsaken them or where is the bill of they mother's divorcement? God has never forsaken us and never will forsake us. In Moroni chapter 10 he reminds us that if miracles cease it will not be because God has forsaken the world but rather it will be because there are no more righteous that God can work with and speak to. Heavenly Father will never forsake us.
That is unconditional love at it's finest. It is possible for an earthly parent to forsake their child. I have heard some stories that disturb me so much that it makes me want to cry. Things no parent should ever do to an innocent child. But Heavenly Father is no earthly parent. No matter what we do He is there for us with His arms open to receive us and welcome us back home. If He has left us, in reality we have left Him. God may give us trials that will push us to the breaking point until we feel like there is nothing left to give, but He is always there for us and with us, just like the old poem "Footprints in the Sand" tells us. He will never forsake us. A mother may forsake the child of her womb but God will never forsake us the scriptures tell us, and the scriptures are the transcription of the words that God has spoken to His prophets so they must come to pass. As always, if you want to put it to the test, you have only to ask Heavenly Father and He will prove the truth of His words. Until tomorrow.
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