Who are we impressing
It has been a good week. I was not sure if I was going to be able to endure the late shift, but I did. I was not sure whether I was going to be able to accomplish everything I wanted to or not. I didn't, but I am OK with it. I am still alive. I still have another week ahead of me. I will just have to work it in. As I sit back today, I wonder who I think I am competing against to get stuff done. I wonder who I am trying to impress.
Our ward primary did their sacrament program today. It was amazing, as always, how many people showed up to our meeting. Grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and parents all came. Some who live within the ward and some who don't. Some who never show up to church, even at Christmas came. They came to see their small children read a one line statement and sing several children's hymns.
I found it interesting that one of the families, who we never see, except when the primary program is being performed mentions that they had another program to attend later in the day. Their child had a solo in another ward. That baffles me. Again, I wonder, who are they trying to impress.
This morning, in my high council meeting, the stake president talked about how important it is for each of us to live our life's in such a fashion that we can look forward to that time when we are able to stand before the Lord. When we are thinking about whose expectations we should be, it should be his. When comparing ourselves to others, it should not matter where we are in their shadows or where they are in our shadows. What matters is whether we are all working towards the same goal, at our own paces, in a manner that the Lord would expect us to.
Our ward primary did their sacrament program today. It was amazing, as always, how many people showed up to our meeting. Grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, and parents all came. Some who live within the ward and some who don't. Some who never show up to church, even at Christmas came. They came to see their small children read a one line statement and sing several children's hymns.
I found it interesting that one of the families, who we never see, except when the primary program is being performed mentions that they had another program to attend later in the day. Their child had a solo in another ward. That baffles me. Again, I wonder, who are they trying to impress.
This morning, in my high council meeting, the stake president talked about how important it is for each of us to live our life's in such a fashion that we can look forward to that time when we are able to stand before the Lord. When we are thinking about whose expectations we should be, it should be his. When comparing ourselves to others, it should not matter where we are in their shadows or where they are in our shadows. What matters is whether we are all working towards the same goal, at our own paces, in a manner that the Lord would expect us to.
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