Thank you so much for our “assignment and gift.” It was a source of great peace during the holidays, when it is so easy to forget what the holidays are actually about. I’ve read it through twice and love having it to dip into. Often I read just one testimony, either before or after studying the Lesson-Sermon in the morning.

The topic for the Association address this year reminded me of one of my most special healings, which took place over ten years ago. It was a healing of grief. My beloved uncle had passed on six years before, and I was still grieving. My uncle had expressed so much love for my family. Sometimes when I thought about something particularly wonderful he had done for one of my children, I would just break down and cry. The last of these times, I really turned to God for comfort.

Healing thoughts flooded my consciousness. I realized that my uncle’s love for me and my family has not gone away. In fact, every time I think of his love, more love is created.

And where is all that love? Well, nothing smaller than God’s infinite universe could contain it, so that must be where it is. And since my uncle can’t be separated from the love he expressed, he’s in God’s infinite universe, too.

And where am I? If God’s universe is truly all and infinite, then that’s where I am, too. Right now. With my uncle.

My grieving ceased and was replaced with a very joyful sense of gratitude for all the experiences I had shared with my uncle.

In many ways, this healing is my touchstone, the healing I turn to when I feel uncertain. It is a powerful reminder that I am never outside His care. I actually do live in the house of the Lord forever.