Green Butterfly

“Mighty prayers do reach the heavens. In the book of Psalms, King David says, ‘Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.’ One of the meanings of the word pray in Hebrew is ‘to speak.’ That is what we do when we pray to our Heavenly Father: we speak to Him. When we offer a mighty prayer, we have the attention of the most powerful, merciful, loving being in the universe. We spend a moment in the heavens. We all need a moment in the heavens, especially when we are going through difficult times. I know beyond any doubt that there is a God in heaven. He is your Father and my Father. He lives. His name is Love. His name is Mercy. I can kneel down before my Maker, and I can speak to Him. And He, in His infinite mercy, answers back, again and again.” – Elder Juan A. Uceda