“Connect,” For the Strength of Youth, Oct. 2023.
Connect
David G.
12, Heredia, Costa Rica
Photograph by Christina Smith
When I pray, I feel that God will always be with me. Since I got baptized and started praying, I’ve felt like He is helping me and pulling me forward so I can return to Him eventually.
When everyone in my family was sick, I prayed from the bottom of my heart that the Lord would pull us through without anything worse happening. I felt He answered me and that He would help us. I felt an enormous joy, and it made me believe more in Him and His Son, Jesus Christ.
To hear Him more often, I feel we should pray, but not just for the sake of praying. Rather, we should pray from the heart. He hears us. He will never abandon us, and He’ll always be there with us.