I know I started
reading Divine Signatures by Gerald
N. Lund when it first came out, but I couldn’t remember if I finished it or
not, so I decided to read it again since it was the next book on the shelf. I
really enjoyed reading it a second time, and I’m glad I had a pencil nearby
this time to take notes and highlight favorite passages.
Lund’s book talks about
the Lord’s tender mercies that come in such a way and at such a time that it is
almost as if we can see God’s signature telling us this experience came from
Him. The author uses many true stories to illustrate how these experiences
come, and what purpose they serve. Rarely, indeed extremely rarely does a
tender mercy take away a trial or tribulation. Most often, these experiences
help us endure these tribulations and keep our faith in the Lord. They let us
know the Lord is aware of us, and that He has not abandoned us to anything we
cannot endure.
I also particularly
enjoyed a quote that Lund shared by George Q. Cannon: “If [God] requires [His
children] to endure present privation and trial, it is that they may escape
greater tribulations which would otherwise inevitably overtake them. If He
deprives them of any present blessing, it is that He may bestow upon them
greater and more glorious ones by-and-by.”
This book teaches in a
wonderful way that God really does want to bless us with the maximum blessings
He is capable of, while giving us the smallest possible punishment He can. My
favorite part about this book is how it helped me think of my own experiences
with “divine signatures.”
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