Tender Mercies of the Lord

There is a fantastic talk by David Bednar called The Tender Mercies of the Lord. I have pondered this talk and just last week identified one of the many tender mercies of the Lord in my life. The kids had been given tickets to go see the Eugene Symphony!! I was so excited for them but realized that we would only be able to afford to have one of us go with them. A week before the symphony performance a friend emailed me out of the blue and offered Dad and me tickets to the symphony. I was so excited. I later asked her what prompted her to offer us the tickets and not someone else. She said that when she realized she couldn't go, immediately our names popped into her head. I know that the Lord wanted both of us to be able to go. I felt so loved by the Lord, that he would give us this little gift. Often tender mercies are little things the Lord does for us to show us that he is there and that he loves us.