Rescue mission

Alma 36-37

Loved. Loved. Loved these chapters!!

I watched an Oprah episode this week about Ingrid Betancourt, a woman from South America that was running for Office of the President and was kidnapped...for 6 long grueling years. It spoke of the struggles she faced, and of the rescue mission that was put together for her and other prisoners.

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/How-Ingrid-Betancourt-Let-Go-of-Her-Fear-Video

Most heart wrenching story I've ever heard. Cannot believe she lived through what she did.

Anyways, I read these chapters after watching that episode. This verse stood out to me...that related to her experience...and I feel relates to me. It doesn't really relate to the questions you asked, Joni, but this was the most touching thing I read, so I thought I would just share my thoughts. I'll focus my thoughts on just ch. 36.

Alma 36: 27

"And I have been supported under trials and troubles of every kind, yea, and in all manner of afflictions; yea, God has delivered me from prison, and from bonds, and from death; yea, and I do put my trust in him, and he will still deliver me".

Ingrid was tortured severely, ignored physically, and lived through some of the most horrific discusting experiences for 6 long grueling years. I want to read her book now after watching that. But she expressed during the episode once that she at one time felt that God had left her. How could she have to go through that...was He really there for her...

Often times I myself feel that He leaves me. I feel that because I'm having to endure a trial that is so hard, that He doesn't care for me...or else why would He make me suffer so?

Like Ingrid said in the show, she had to continue to have faith, even though she felt abandoned. She had to trust that something good would come of it. She said SHE was the one that could change her attitude about her situation...no one else.



I so much learned from that episode and from these scriptures tonight. What an amazing study.