Keep It Together.

Coming together is a beginning;

Keeping together is a progress.

Working together is a success.
-Henry Ford

I sure like that quote!
     How can we use this in our own lives? How many times have we had a friend in need? How many of us have needed help from others? And how many of us know who to go to when we fall down, who will always be there to pick us back up? I know who that is. Our Heavenly Father and his son, Jesus Christ.
     In the Book of Mormon (Alma ch. 14) a Prophet named Alma and his loyal friend Amulek are imprisoned because they spoke of God and that he would send his son among the people and that he would not save them. They also did Testify of the wickedness of the Judge and his priests and the people of the land. The Judge put them into prison and had them beat, stripped from their clothes and gave them no food. The gaurds and the judge continually  spit on them and did mock them for many days, saying "how will we look when we are damned?" and Alma and Amulek suffered this for many days. The judge came back and said "If you have the power of God then come out of the prison!" And at that moment Alma and Amulek were filled with the power of God and rose above the ground and Alma cried saying "How long shall we suffer these great afflictions, O lord? O lord, give us strength according to our faith which is in christ , even unto deliverance." And their bands were broken and when the people saw this they began to flee with fear. Their fear did overcome them that they fell to the ground, and the ground shook mightily and the walls of the prison did fall and crumble and the priests and gaurds and people and the judge did perish. With the power and faith in God, Alma and Amulek walked out of the prison walls unharmed.

Alma and Amulek put their trust in the lord, and they went to him with faith knowing that he would deliver them from the prison. Never put God as your last option for help. Always pray to your heavenly father for help, and He will always be there to instruct you of what path you must take. I know this to be true. Through sincere prayer, My life has changed and i feel guided along the right path. Im so thankful for our heavenly father and the miracles he brings into my life. Im thankful for our savior Jesus Christ and How he has made it possible for us to return to our loving heavenly father. Prayer WORKS!