God’s Tender Mercies

God’s tender mercies can be found
When our emotions are tightly wound.
A special sign to show He knows and He cares
That He is with us and our troubles He bares.
A favorite Hymn, words in a talk.
Witness to us in whose footsteps we walk.
We feel as though with God our spirit mingles
We are left in awe with loving tingles.

Our thoughts provide a place to grow.
Where new enlightenment can flow.
Thus, we store thoughts for good decisions,
And show gratitude for those guided actions.
We ponder the meaning of life in our prayers.
And gain new perspective from one who cares.
We feel as though with God our spirit mingles
We feel highly held by wings of eagles.

The future holds great mysteries.
We have potential and destinies.
A noble lasting new-found birth.
We will have added glory beyond our worth.
In celestial mansions, we will live.
Dwelling close to Him... who’s Son He did give.
Then we’ll know that with God our spirit mingles
We’ll see we are surrounded by His angels.



99–102, David A. Bednar, May 2005, “The Tender Mercies of the Lord, ” Liahona

[Verse 1] God’s tender mercies can be found When emotions are tightly wound A special sign to show He cares And He’s with us, our troubles He bares A favorite hymn, words in a talk Witness to us in whose footsteps we walk We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We are left in awe with loving tingles [Chorus] We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We are left in awe, our hearts are humble Held by His love when we stumble [Verse 2] Our thoughts provide a place to grow Where new enlightenment can flow Thus storing all our decisions We are grateful for those guided actions We ponder our life in our prayers Then we gain perspective from one who cares We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We feel we are held by wings of eagles [Chorus] We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We are left in awe, our hearts are humble Held by His love when we stumble [Bridge] The future holds great mysteries We’ve potential and destinies A noble lasting new-found birth We’ll have added glory beyond our worth In celestial mansions we’ll live Dwelling close to Him who’s Son He did give Then we’ll know that with God our spirit mingles We’ll see we are surrounded by angels [Final Chorus] We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We feel as though with God our spirit mingles We’ll see it clear in glory’s light Surrounded by angels through the night

Angels Know "It's Time"

 Angels among us know

When it's our time to go

Like dusk once the sun dips

They linger as life slips

When We Repent We Are Blessed

As far as East is to West,
when we repent we are blessed
There are angels on all sides.
If we seek them, they'll not rest!

The Ministry of Angels - Jeffrey R. Holland

• www.lds.org/general-conference/2008/10/the-ministry-of-angels?lang=eng

... Would the Lord really send an angel to me, who ... on your right hand and on
your left, … my Spirit ... In the process of praying for those angels to attend ...

Psalms 103: 12

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Psalms 103: 2

Bless the Lord , O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: 

Numbers 22:26

• Old Testament

And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place,

 where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 

D&C 84:88

• Doctrine and Covenants

And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. 

I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit 

shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you,

 to bear you up. 

Angels

• The Guide to the Scriptures

There are two kinds of beings in heaven who are called angels:

 those who are spirits and those who have bodies of flesh and bone. 

Angels who are spirits have not yet obtained a body of flesh and bone, 

or they are spirits who have once had a mortal body and are 

awaiting resurrection. Angels 

Angels Dwell with Us

Oh the secrets angels keep
While they comfort those who weep
They have much they cannot tell
Still, with us we know they dwell

My dad is having surgery. The last time he did we were waiting outside on a balcony. We watched an ambulance racing in. We found out later, it was my aunt. She had died.  Sigh. I was thinking it happened that way for a reason. I don't know that mystery, but I do know they dwell with us.

Oh Lord Have Mercy

Alma wanted to be as an angel

Oh, Lord have mercy
And spare my life
To become an angel
For those who cause strife

and his son saw an angel  Helaman

Oh, Lord have mercy
On me I pray
My soul is dirty
From the souls I slay

and they both said, "Have Mercy..."

1. Alma 2 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/2‎
   :30And it came to pass that Alma, being a man of God, 
   being exercised with much faith, cried, saying:
    O Lord, have mercy and spare my life, that I may be an ...

1. Alma 36 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/alma/36‎
   18 Now, as my mind caught hold upon this thought, 
   I cried within my heart: O Jesus, thou Son of God,
   have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, ...

2. Mercy - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

   https://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&sourceId...‎ 
   Mercy is the compassionate treatment of a person 
   greater than what is deserved, 
   and it is made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

Angels: Who are They and Why do They Come?

Angels: Who Are They and Why Do They Come?

Comforting and healing the afflicted
Ancestors, bringing messages unto some

Each divine miracle... instructive

==============

Through heavenly portals
On a mission straight from God

Guardians visit mortals

Showing love bright and sacred

Laying to Recover

Laying to recover
In a hospital bed
My child came to wonder
And this is what she said

Aunt Cheryl, she is here
And so is Grandpa Brown
And standing up quite near
Is Jimmy tall now to look down

For nearly an hour
She spoke of the deceased
Then sleep overpowered
As my wonder increased

That angels visit each room
The next morning she explained
Offering God's love in bloom
Comforting their pain

May I as God's child
Witness this also
As one accepting and mild
To see and hear and know


Pondering The Atonement Covers All Pain
Elder Kent F. Richards
Ensign, May 2011, 17

At Certain Sacred Times Angels Come

At certain sacred times
God has sent forth His angels
To instruct and minister
His chosen, pure, and faithful

Adam was taught the atonement
Mary... of whom she would carry
The shepherds were given the announcement
These visits were extraordinary

One came unto the Savior
That night in Gethsemane
To offer heaven's comfort
The most significant visit of any...

Angels have come to our day
To restore God's good news again
Unto a book, one showed the way
As prophets of old, too, did descend

At history's crowning events
Is it any wonder...
Angels were found present
To proclaim that for which we hunger

Imagine the sleeping Elijah
Despairing to live no longer
Receiving comfort in trial
Unto becoming faithfully stronger

Imagine 12 Apostles
Standing together in a circle
Fatigued in a foreign land
Too exhausted for the next hurtle...

Imagine the prophet, Brigham Young
Traveling through a desert place
Speaking in an unknown tongue
To those hostile before his face

Imagine being surrounded
By an ominous and angry army
And having your eyes faith opened
Unto horses and chariots of fire sent for disarming

Imagine angels blessing
Those quite ordinary
The weak and distressing
Assisting them to daily tarry

Oft though... manifestations
Come quietly and unseen
Heaven and earths...sublime interactions
Spiritual sustenance to those in need

When do the angels come?
Invisibly in our midst
To the faithful in God's kingdom
They are there... when weighed down to the utmost

In our early days of growing
We may have had days like unto Kirtland
With inspiration richly flowing
And the ways of the world all but distant

Then... comes the days of struggle
Like unto the dark Nauvoo years
Presented with tests to juggle
From disappointments to evil pressing near

Perhaps we wish to recapture
The days of idealistic convictions
When there were moments of rapture
That calmed soaring constrictions

Perhaps now we feel surrounded
By what attacks our good home
Struggling to stay well grounded
To what was nourishingly once known

Know... that midst these tribulations
What was once felt will come again
Like unto the pioneer migrations
When they felt the carts pushing them instead


Bruce C. Hafen
When Do the Angels Come?
Ensign, April 1992, 12
click on the above title to go directly to lds.org and read the article

"Think of the angel who came to comfort the sleeping Elijah when he was in such despair that he wished to live no longer. (See 1 Kgs. 19:4–8.) Or recall when Joseph Smith “saw the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb, … in foreign lands, standing together in a circle, much fatigued, with their clothes tattered and feet swollen, with their eyes cast downward, and Jesus standing in their midst, and they did not behold Him. The Savior looked upon them and wept.” (Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 2:381; italics added.) The Prophet also “saw Elder Brigham Young in a strange land, … in a desert place, upon a rock in the midst of about a dozen [hostile] men. He was preaching to them in their own tongue, and the angel of God standing above his head, with a drawn sword in his hand, protecting him, but he did not see it.” (Ibid.; italics added.)"

"For an unforgettable picture of unseen angelic armies, think of Elisha’s young servant, who cried when he was surrounded by an ominous army, “Alas, my master! how shall we do?” Answered Elisha, “Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” Then Elisha said, “Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.” (See 2 Kgs. 6:15–17.)"

"President J. Reuben Clark eloquently captured the blessing of unseen angels in the lives of ordinary, devoted people in his masterful sermon, “To Them of the Last Wagon.” President Clark recognized the “mighty men” who led the early Saints, but he reserved his most reverent tribute for “the meekest and lowliest” found in “the last wagon in each of the long wagon trains.” Out in front of these toiling caravans were “the Brethren,” for whom “the air was clear and clean and … they had unbroken vision of the blue vault of heaven.” But, in contrast, “back in the last wagon, … the blue heaven was often shut out from their sight by heavy, dense clouds of the dust of the earth … [which made] the glories of a celestial world [seem] so far away.”

"Even though some of the early brethren had seen “in a vision, the armies of heaven protecting the Saints in their return to Zion” (History of the Church, 2:381), President Clark mentioned angels only once. After describing the grinding frustrations of lame oxen, broken hubs, and sick children in the last wagon, he spoke of a pregnant mother trying to breathe through heavy, choking dust. “Then the morning came when from out that last wagon floated the la-la of the newborn babe, and mother love made a shrine, and Father bowed in reverence before it. But the train must move on. So out into the dust and dirt the last wagon moved again, swaying and jolting, while Mother eased as best she could each pain-giving jolt so no harm might be done her, that she might be strong to feed the little one, bone of her bone, flesh of her flesh. Who will dare to say that angels did not cluster round and guard her and ease her rude bed, for she had given another choice spirit its mortal body that it might work out its God-given destiny?” (New Era, July 1975, p. 8; italics added.)"

Angels in our Midst

The angels in our midst
Are of many shapes and sizes
And as they selflessly lift
It's the love felt that one prizes

Compassion unto service
Is our opportunity
To know a higher purpose
As with the angels we will be

click on the title to go to a sweet
site with wonderful angel quotes

Oh, That I Were An Angel

Oh, that I were an angel
I'd bless the human race
I'd go to the right and left of man
And would go out before their face

Oh, that I were an angel
Called to extend Father's love
I would work to prepare His people
For their great day to ascend above

Where ever there is sorrow
Or a need for heavenly Light
There is sufficient strength to borrow
And there is wisdom blessedly bright

Come men and pray for angels
To assist you each new day
That when ever life is dangerous
There is naught reason to be afraid

D&C 84: 88
And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.

I Knew, Yet I Would Not Know

I knew, yet I would not know
For I was called, but would not hear
But, then an angel did show
And now it is God that I hold dear

I had not been given to the ways of the Lord
And of His mysteries and marvelous powers
Now... as I say this, it strikes a discord
For I can recall being preserved in dark hours

And as much as I knew this …my heart was yet hard
For I was called many times and would not hear
As one rebelling, God was a thought to discard
For as a man of position, what could I fear?

I am a man of no small reputation
Being well born, I’ve become hard working and rich
And, from Mammon has come my best education
As for gold my hands of industry did itch

To see kindred- I went on a journey
For I had many… as well as friends
Then, behold, this angel appeared unto me
And turned me around… this is where my past ends…

I was sent to my home to feed... a prophet!
Who’d fasted many days and was in need
And as I received him, it was I who did profit
For He blessed me and my house and did feed

His name was Alma and in my house he dwelt
And through him, I testify that the Lord liveth
For he testified to my family and a witness was felt
And now I know I must lean to the Lord who giveth

Thank you Shawn for your insight
and suggestion for this poem- with the title as well

Alma 10:6
"knew concerning these things, yet...would not know"

Hugh Nibley
He forsook "all his gold and silver, and his precious things which were in the land of Ammonihah, for the word of God." Alma 15-16
It had to be one or the other. But all was not lost, you might say, he still had his old friends and admirers and loved ones. Please let us not underestimate the power of money. Having lost his fortune, he was promptly "rejected by those who were once his friends and also by his father and his kindred" Alma 15-16 ( The Prophetic Book of Mormon, p. 562

From Time to Time We are Deeply Touched

From time to time
We are deeply touched
By something kind
And our pain is hushed

Alone one Eve
Many years ago
A man in grief
Faltered in the snow

Until he thought
That he heard something
For strength he fought
As a bell did ring

In the distance
Was a lit hillside
This was his chance
And how his legs tried

But, he staggered
Then fell to the snow
Old and haggard
With no one to know

To a small church
He'd set out to start
There perhaps to search
For solace to his heart

An angel's voice
Whispered to his ear
"Come and rejoice
You are but so near"

"Life's something more
Than feeling all alone
Beyond that door
Is Christ who did atone"

"He's in the song
And in the words spoken
There... you belong
And He'll heal what is broken"

The man more neared
To the sound of voices
Then in he peered...
Smiling as one who rejoices

He stepped inside
To warmth, friendship and love
Thanks to his guide-
An angel from above

That needed hour
Though the night grew chill
Heaven did shower
Blessings down to thrill

A Single Bell

A single bell
On a golden string
Begins to sound
And starts to ring

An unseen shake
By an unseen hand
Commands: awake
And understand

And too marvel
Give awe, give voice
And too revel
Praise God and rejoice

That we are known
By His angels
Who show they've flown
By ringing what dangles

The Ministry of Angels

Shut out from God's presence with finality
Adam and Eve stepped into mortality
They faced thorns and thistles and troubles of every kind
And their dependence on God was ever before their mind

Though they could not see their Father face to face
They saw the manifestation of His grace
And were not left alone when things loomed in sinister
For He sent angels to warn them and to minister

The scriptures are rich in doctrine and history
And some bear witness of holy angels' ministry
And through our dispensation, seen or unseen, we ever sense
That God still answers prayers, and sends His angels for evidence

When in Lehi's dream he found a frightening place
An angel bid him follow out of a dark and dreary waste
And as even the Savior himself was in need of their comfort
We can be assured, in times of trouble, they do lend support

They are subject unto Christ, according to His word
And only through our faith in Him, can they be heard
He will fight our battles and that of our children's
And we need not fear and tremble the signs in the heavens

May we believe and have gratitude for this promise
That angels go before us and are ever in our midst
Always there are angels who come and go all around us
Always we can assist them in the sacred name of Jesus

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
The Ministry of Angels
Ensign, November 2008, 29

D&C 84: 88
And whoso receiveth you, there I will be also, for I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.

Leave the Flying to Me

When we pray to the Lord on high
And make Him our habitation
The angels are giv'n charge to fly
And, watch o'er our every location

Where we go and in all our ways
There are angels to supervise
They're sent swiftly, without delays
For we are not always all that wise

The angels whisper thoughts, certainly
When we keep our Lord nearby
So that when we've something tempting
They'll guide us so we'll not reach to try

I can almost hear them breathing
As they gather in prayer and love
They're as God's hands for our keeping
As they watch over us from above

We've enemies that we must fight
Our bodies want to be in charge
We struggle with big appetites
When we're not mindful of what's at large

If we were to see the angels
We'd see them working busily
And from our guardian angels
We might hear, "Leave the flying to me"

May the Lord's angels surround us
One in front and one on each side
To keep us safe as they encrust
May we trust and enjoy the ride

Thoughts after reading
Meridian Magazine
May Angels Surround Us
By Carolyn Allen
http://www.meridianmagazine.com/weightloss/080519angels.html

"When thou hast made the Lord,
even the most high, thy habitation;
there shall no evil befall thee ...
for He shall give his angels charge
over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways."
(Psalm 91:9-11)

Our Mother

Our mother has charity
She's full of benevolence
As she patterns purity
And cherishes innocence

She serves selflessly, unfeigned
For peace, she negotiates
Angels cannot be restrained
They're as her associates

And when there is but pittance
With faith and with networking
Her arms extend the distance
And puts to place faith working

Our mother's good heart supplies
Tenderness and beauty
And when to her ears one cries
She knows what is her duty

On Mother's Day can she rest?
That depends on who helps her
Perhaps we can do our best
On this day, to be Mother

.....
Come the day, when she is gone
What will we feel everywhere?
Her love went to everyone
As she extended her kind care
....
The day's here, Mother is gone
No longer to telephone
Part of her stays- life goes on
I hear her voice in my own

The Rescue of Alma the Younger

Here are some similarly themed poems

From One Day to the Next - Change- Wait and See

On an Unmarked Path Towards Mayhem- Alma the Younger

Dusty Road to Emmaus

Bury Your Weapons

The Rescue of Alma the Younger

The Weak Become Strong

Waiting on the Road to Damascus

On the Dusty Road to Damascus

On the Dusty Road to Jericho

Alma the Younger did more than waste away his youth.
An angel helped him to face this long avoided truth
He had made life hard for members of the church...
But, now rebuked, the guilt felt began to churn

With anguish of soul, none would want to know of
For three bitter days he lay in death's deep coma
Confronting every sin was extremely hard to bear
This was truly an answer to his father's constant prayer

Then as one rescued from the darkest abyss
Alma was awakened to a life of promise
Becoming an example of change, light, and hope-
(One does not have to stay alone, in the dark, to grope)

As to Christ, Alma repented and cried deeply in his heart
He found mercy and deliverance – and a new path to start
Spending the remainder of his many blessed days
Preaching and teaching others how to change their ways


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Through the Redeeming Power of Jesus Christ

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Who Can Ascend Above the Clouds

Who can ascend above the clouds?

Where a road of white enshrouds

And travel where sky is all you know

There to find rest from what's down below

Do the angels travel high this way?

As they look o'er what we do

May we testify on fast Sunday

So they can look upon us anew

And may they be found beside me

To my left and to my right

To bear me up in my times of need

And keep me safe through the day and night

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org › study › generalI Believe in Angels - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ...

"I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your [heart], and mine angels round about you, to bear you up”

 Doctrine and Covenants 84:88

Flight home from Maryland

May I Speak With a New Tongue

May I speak with a new tongue?
As one who's been baptized,
And received the Holy Ghost
Which guides with words of Christ.

May I speak as though an angel?
Softly... with the Holy Ghost.
Which utters what I should do
To perform and receive the most.

May I reach out unto you,
With thoughts which I treasure?
For, from the spirit they then grew
To testify and assure...

Then.. may you listen
To the plainness of the Word
Given of Him now risen
Awaiting to be heard

There to grow and not be faint
Performing in the name of Christ
As through prayer you consecrate
Continually day and night

click on title to read 2 Nephi 32

We Look to the Apostles

We look to the Apostles,
For a witness of Christ.
Then we stand as disciples
And we too testify.
At all times, things and places,
We show our commitment.
And faith shines on our faces
With love and contentment.

Today, what is sufficient?
What can we rejoice in?
Though we've disappointment
and trials of death and sin?
We know what source to look to,
For our eternal rest.
As we testify anew,
Warmth grows within our breast.

Now, as we anticipate
The coming of our Lord.
We can prepare for that date.
With words angels record
All testimonies- they hear!
And, too, rejoice o'er us.
What we hold in us is dear.
There's light in our witness.

But, what of those who've died?
And, not made ordinance?
What to them can be applied?
Who've not received a chance?
We have a holy temple
Where their work we can do.
There, we set an example,
Our light is for them too!

http://jesuschrist.lds.org/SonOfGod/eng/testimonies-of-him/articles/becoming-a-witness-of-christ