Why this Blog Title? What does it mean, exactly??

     So, the thyroid is always described as the butterfly-shaped organ in your neck...  ALWAYS.  I also had a bump on my neck that sent me into the discovery of all of this.  I immediately thought of the fact that one of the feelings I have felt from the beginning was that fear of the unknown... and felt that it was fitting that 2 of the phrases that mean to be nervous or anxious are "I have butterflies in my stomach" and "I have a lump in my throat."  I actually had intended to say something like:  I have butterflies in stomach and lump in throat, or is it a butterfly in throat and lump on the butterfly... this thing has me all turned inside out and upside down!

    But, as I have been going over and over and over what is happening and will happen, I keep having scriptures pop into my head.  I can not get this one out.  It has been my constant reminder that I am feeling peace for a reason.

D&C 6:36

36 Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not.

This is the Lord speaking.  Did you catch the phrasing on this, this is a commandment, not a suggestion.  We are commanded not to doubt.  We are commanded not to fear.  Those emotions do NOT come from or through Him.

It's interesting.  I have had this scripture going through my mind constantly.  I have known it.  I knew that I prayed for peace and that I have had it.  BUT, tonight, when I looked up this scripture to put it here, I found this verse, in the same section, just a few verses up.

D&C 6:23

23 Did I not speak peace to your mind concerning the matter? What greater witness can you have than from God?

I couldn't have said it better myself.  He has given me the exact peace I asked for.  I know it is from Him.  We can have no greater promise than the ones that come from Him.

It is for this very reason that I changed the name of the blog to include the commandment to not doubt and not fear, even when we have a bump on the road, are taking our lumps, and even have butterfly troubles.

Prayer works.  I know it because I have seen it!

Here is a link to the rest of D&C 6, should you want to read it, it's a good one:
https://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/6.22-23