I loved this quote when I first heard it, and I have tried off and on to make it a daily practice. What I have finally found that works for me is to ask during my evening prayers if I have seen the hand of the Lord that day. Then I dictate the details in a note to myself and then I write it up the next morning in my journal.
I change his paragraph into a bullet list format because everyone of the the promises in the bullet list has happened to me. The biggest one for me is I am "ever more certain that our Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers." I am so grateful for President Eyring's suggestion.
I wrote down a few lines every day for years. I never missed
a day no matter how tired I was or how early I would have to start the next
day. Before I would write, I would
ponder this question: “Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or
our children or our family today?”
As I kept at it, something began to happen:
- · As I would cast my mind over the day, I would see evidence of what God had done for one of us that I had not recognized in the busy moments of the day.
- · As that happened, I realized that trying to remember had allowed God to show me what He had done.
- · More than gratitude began to grow in my heart. Testimony grew.
- · I became ever more certain that our Heavenly Father hears and answers prayers.
- · I felt more gratitude for the softening and refining that come because of the Atonement of the Savior Jesus Christ.
- · And I grew more confident that the Holy Ghost can bring all things to our remembrance—even things we did not notice or pay attention to when they happened.
