My sacrum was aching so bad last night that I couldn’t even think. I took four ibuprophen at 930pm and again at 130am. It hurt really bad because usually I don’t take medicine. I thought of this scripture:

But it came to pass that I prayed unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, wilt thou deliver me from the hands of my brethren; yea, even give me strength that I may burst these bands with which I am bound. 1 Nephi 7:17

I prayed: O Lord, according to my faith which is in thee, take away my pain.

In my mind I heard Bryn Terfel singing The Lord is My Shepherd from the Requiem album and the words focused my thoughts to how much the Lord has already rescued me in very personal ways.

This morning when reflecting on the scripture my mind was caught away by these other scriptures:

And it came to pass that the voice of the Lord came to them in their afflictions, saying: Lift up your heads and be of good comfort, for I know of the covenant which ye have made unto me; and I will covenant with my people and deliver them out of bondage. And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions. And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord. Mosiah 24:13-15

… for I did liken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our profit and learning. 1 Nephi 19:23

This morning the pain is still there but it’s manageable.