I asked our Stake Relief Society Presidency if they wanted an orginal musical item for our Stake Women's Day.  They said yes!  Then I asked myself, "Oh no, what have I done?  Now I have to write something and it needs to be, you know, decent!"  The theme this year was women in the scriptures.  What a great subject.  There are so many inspiring women to choose from. Years ago, my mum had bought me a book called 'Christ's Gifts to Women' by Heather B. Moore and Angela Eschler. I confess it has done nothing more than keep a space on my bookshelf warm.  But I found myself turning to its pages for inspiration.  I decided to focus on Mary and Martha, but I didn't want to chew over Mary sitting at the Master's feet whilst a disgruntled Martha cooked dinner and complained about her sisters lack of help.  So I turned to the miracle of the Saviour rasing Lazarus from the dead.  There are so many lessons we can learn from this one miracle in Bethany.  As I studied the scriptures and read 'Christ's Gifts to Women' I discoverd that Mary and Martha were given two amazing gifts that day.  The obvious one is the return of their brother to life. But in delaying His return and not preventing Lazarus's death, Jesus was giving Mary and Martha an experience that would deepen their personal conversion, discipleship and understanding of Jesus's role, power and love that would sustain them in the now and in the hereafter.   The faith of these good and faithful women took them to their Saviour and He knew what they needed to help them on their journey home to their heavenly father.  It was a lesson tailor-made for them and perhaps, the greater gift they received that day, for they came to learn that only Jesus is hope when hope is gone. And like those sisters, we can run to Jesus when life's troubles are heavy and unrelenting.  We can grieve the loss of many things in life.  What is the lesson God wants us to learn? We can experiene peace even in the darkest of times.  Do we believe the things Jesus tells us?  Do we believe that His Atonement is for us, here and now, AND in the eternities? This is the essence of the song.