Never Fear

by Tamara L. Johnson

The time had come. I was finally in college! I thought I’d be able to handle anything that life had to offer.

I had just moved into my college dorm, and the excitement of the first few days had died down. I sat on my bed, contemplating my future. I wasn’t excited or happy, like I thought I should be. I was scared and homesick, even though my family wasn’t very far away.

Just then my roommate, Liz, called over to me.

“Tam,” she said, “can we talk?”

“Sure,” I replied.

“Have you ever felt like no one is there for you? Like you know God is there and everything, but you don’t feel him comforting you?”

I couldn’t believe it. Liz was feeling the exact same way I was. We discussed it for a few minutes and then decided to look in our scriptures for some comforting passages. Liz read from the Doctrine and Covenants:

“But behold, verily, verily, I say unto you that mine eyes are upon you. I am in your midst and ye cannot see me; But the day soon cometh that ye shall see me, and know that I am; for the veil of darkness shall soon be rent” (D&C 38:7–8).

Never before had I felt the Spirit so strongly. I knew at that moment that I was not alone. I knew that the Lord was aware of me, and that he was there for me. I knew that, although I was still unsure of my future, I wouldn’t have to face it alone.