"If it's something I shouldn't do, then it's something I shouldn't be entertained by." This along with a few other thoughts caught my attention at church today. Every so often we get visits from the Stake President (sees over all the wards in an area and lots more important stuff Im sure) and I really enjoy listening to him speak. He always seems to be speaking to whatever it is that I have been pondering.
Today was no different, although as I heard those words something clicked with me. Why is it that with all the studying you do it's the simple answer that you need the most? I in particular(Nate not included) get caught up in crude humor sometimes, like I'm sure alot of us do but this simple reminder I will always remember. If I shouldn't do it, I should choose not to be entertained by someone else doing it. What a great example I can be to our kids if I can apply this to my life. People are looking to us as an example and I NEED to be that example. Why should we settle for crude and sexually explicit humor when there is SO much more things to laugh at that would be pleasing to our eternal families?
He went on to mention that we are sent to places to do God's work and for reasons we may not know at the time.
Lately I have been missing Utah so bad to the point where I was starting to wonder if we made the right decision by coming here. I have to constantly remind myself that we are in the right place now and I KNOW that because when we moved here I felt the spirit so strong confirming that to me. Who knows how long we'll live in TX but while we are here I need to be aware of that which I am rubbing off to those around me, especially in an area where there are few LDS. Luckily for me the Utah urge passes and goes quickly and I'm reminded of why it is we are here.
I started thinking how, not too long ago I judged people for living a churchy mormon lifestyle and now I totally get it, this is not something that I leave at the door on Sunday, like everything else that is meaningful to our lives we have to apply and work at it daily/hourly for it to have great success. I am truly grateful for the blessings my family has received from me being baptized and being sealed in the Temple and knowing that if we stick to the path we can be a family forever.
I know with all my heart my family is in the right place and church and I can't put into words how blessed I fell because of the church influence in our daily lives. I'm so grateful that through my teenage years I was stubborn (and still am) and that I waited to belong to the church with all of the pieces together and no unanswered questions as a guide for our family. I really can't even imagine how lost I would be without it. I love how wherever we go our church is there and they teach the same things as our last and we don't have to ever "find" a church because one is already waiting with open arms for our arrival. I am particularly grateful for the feeling of wholeness I have and the happy feelings that come along with being a member of the church of Jesus Christ. I love that I enjoy church and feel like I'll miss out on an important message if I don't go.
And on a side note, I'm smiling about our stake president knowing our names and mentioning us in his talk today.....even though I had to think real hard to remember his. Oh and I had complete success with BINGO today in Primary, the kids loved it! Point 1 for me!!
2 comments:
Renee, great post (and great to know that you were listening in church today.) I don't want to nitpick and you don't have to publish this comment, but just FYI, Pres. Fisher, while a member of the stake presidency, is actually a counselor. Pres. Wright is the Stake President.
It is a fact that does not change what you were trying to say, and I also really liked the same things you noted in his talk - I just thought you might be interested to know.
LOL I stand corrected....Lucky I even got his name right =)
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