WONDER

This last week my wife and I went to Wonder.  If you haven’t seen the movie, you REALLY should (FHE idea???).  Actually, you should first read the book, and THEN go see the movie.  I think the book has the power to change the world.  It’s that good.  It probably just has a special place in my heart because I grew up with a sister who dealt with many of the same challenges as the main character of the story.

Anyways, this post isn’t really about the book or the movie.  It is more about the word WONDER... and actually it isn't really even about the word as much as the message I found via that word.

After seeing the film, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.  I would find myself thinking about it before I went to bed, and right when I got up.  (That is how I know that something is really on my mind)

So this morning, I opened the scriptures (and by that I mean, I got on lds.org) and searched the word WONDER.  There was a handful of scriptures there with the word, but none of them really stuck out.  Until the very last one on the list:

Psalm 71:7

7 I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.

I clicked through to read the surrounding chapter and really enjoyed the message.  David is praising the Lord with such a grateful heart.  He proclaims how he, very aware of his many faults, know that he can always find refuge and love with God.

It reminds me of Nephi and his “I know in whom I have trusted” line when he was beating himself up.

I find myself offering up this prayer very often.  I get down on myself for my many faults and struggles.  But at the end of the day, I go to the Lord and thank Him for always being my “safe place”, or “strong refuge” as David put it.  My hope is that we can all be like David and trust in the Lord.