Blessing With Promises For Each Child (From Jan. 2019)

Dear Kids,

I felt a call to type down the blessings that I have recorded that I have received in the last couple of years. Most of them are about YOU. YOU - every single one of you. There is one that describes all of you so well.

This blessing is from January 2019:

Andrea Jeanne Palmer, by the authority of the Holy Melchizedek Priesthood that I hold, and at your request, I lay my hands on your head to give you a blessing.

Acting as the mouthpiece of the Lord, I say unto you that HE LOVES YOU! He is your GREATEST cheerleader and as He watches over the efforts you're making and the progress you're making in this life with your children and your family, He is grateful for your diligence and for your desire to better yourself everyday.

Andre, this life is not meant for perfection. And expecting it of yourself is wrong and will lead you in the path of destruction. It is a tool of the adversary to make us believe that we are to be perfect. I bless you with peace in your heart and in your mind and the understanding, that when you are acting by the spirit in your life, you are doing all that you can and all that is expected of you. And you will always fall short of perfection. But when you do there is ONE who is always perfect who makes up the difference.

I bless you to know that you are enough. Especially in the eyes of your children, you are more than they could dream of as a guide and a mentor in this life. I promise you that throughout their lives they will bless your name for the work and the sacrifice that you made on their behalf. Andrea it is NO small task to take on the mentoring, schooling and parenting and housekeeping of your family. I bless you, once again as I have done in the past, with added strength to shoulder these burdens faithfully, adequately.

I bless you with the gift of wisdom. As you seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost in relation to rearing and training and educating your children, that gift of wisdom will enlighten and bring all things to your understanding that you need to be the instructor and be the guide that is needed in each moment.

I bless you to recognize in Gabriel the innate wisdom that he possesses. I bless you to recognize the man he is becoming and the opportunities to guide him into the experiences that he will need to shape his character and to the testimony that he will develop.

I bless you to see in Talia the goodness, the kindness and the joy for life that she so inherently carries with her. She has the gift to bring light into this dark world. She will largely learn how to do that through your example.

Andrea, Elijah is a lion. His power rages inside of him, he does not understand it. I bless you to be patient with him as he grows and matures and learn to recognize who he is and what he is capable of. It is not the say that you are to not set boundaries for him, because he needs them. I bless you with the ability to see with the eye of faith WHO he will become and that although he is a challenge now, he will be a strength to millions throughout his life... In large part because of how you mentor him.

I bless you with the capacity to always set aside the time Joshua needs to simply be loved. He has such a calm way and the joy of his youth is not lost in your home and in your arms. Simply be there for him and he looks for your approval and for your smiles and for your hugs and kisses.

Andrea, I again affirm to you that the path you are is that which the Lord desires. He would not have your children be under any other influence at this time but yours. And if all you accomplish each day is the bearing of a fervent testimony of their Savior and their Father, it is enough.

I bless your home, through you that it will be filled with the spirit for all who enter here in, and all will be touched by it's power. I bless you in your interactions with your siblings, with your closest friends to be a light unto them. Open your mouth and bear testimony to them of these glorious times in which the Spirit of the Lord is being poured out in abundance on his righteous children. You are one of his choices daughters and he loves you.

I leave this blessing with you in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.