Humbled....again
Hey,
I know it has been a really long time. I have tried to explain that away with the business of life and crazy work schedules. I don't know if I can do that any more. I can't promise that I will be more diligent in blogging, but I feel I need to be more so in other areas of my life.
This month has been crazy. As I say that, I hear myself making excuses. I shouldn't. So tonight, I started reflecting on that and getting chastised by the Lord.
As our month began, I had this crazy idea fill my head about how we need to have a little extra spending cash. Tall Man was on tour, Tenor Man would most likely sleep in until noon, the Queen had to work, the Princess and Horn Man are still in school, so what was the point of me sitting around the house. Since I was required to work late hours, I might as well go in to work early and pick up some hours.
No sooner had I started doing this than our house started falling apart. This only gave me more incentive to keep working the extra hours. I can't say that I am done working the long hours, but I realized tonight that I have been using it as an excuse to not do the things that I should be doing.
I was reading the first chapter of Mosiah this evening and was subtly reminded that I need to get back on it. King Benjamin charged his son Mosiah with the importance of keeping the plates of Nephi, the sword of Laban, and the director or ball that their fathers had received in the wilderness. He reminded him of the importance of living according to the desires of the Lord, as to not fall into affliction. My mind was suddenly filled with the activities of the past month and the lack of other activities during the past month.
We need to get with it and I need your help. Maybe we need to hold Family Home Evening at a different time. We need to figure out how to hold scripture study when we are all available or when we can do it in small groups. Why? So that our directors or balls of today will keep working. So that the Lord will not see fit to smite us with sore afflictions of humility. We need to learn from the words and examples the Lord has given us. Can you help me in this? Please send or tell me your ideas. Lets do it.
I know it has been a really long time. I have tried to explain that away with the business of life and crazy work schedules. I don't know if I can do that any more. I can't promise that I will be more diligent in blogging, but I feel I need to be more so in other areas of my life.
This month has been crazy. As I say that, I hear myself making excuses. I shouldn't. So tonight, I started reflecting on that and getting chastised by the Lord.
As our month began, I had this crazy idea fill my head about how we need to have a little extra spending cash. Tall Man was on tour, Tenor Man would most likely sleep in until noon, the Queen had to work, the Princess and Horn Man are still in school, so what was the point of me sitting around the house. Since I was required to work late hours, I might as well go in to work early and pick up some hours.
No sooner had I started doing this than our house started falling apart. This only gave me more incentive to keep working the extra hours. I can't say that I am done working the long hours, but I realized tonight that I have been using it as an excuse to not do the things that I should be doing.
I was reading the first chapter of Mosiah this evening and was subtly reminded that I need to get back on it. King Benjamin charged his son Mosiah with the importance of keeping the plates of Nephi, the sword of Laban, and the director or ball that their fathers had received in the wilderness. He reminded him of the importance of living according to the desires of the Lord, as to not fall into affliction. My mind was suddenly filled with the activities of the past month and the lack of other activities during the past month.
We need to get with it and I need your help. Maybe we need to hold Family Home Evening at a different time. We need to figure out how to hold scripture study when we are all available or when we can do it in small groups. Why? So that our directors or balls of today will keep working. So that the Lord will not see fit to smite us with sore afflictions of humility. We need to learn from the words and examples the Lord has given us. Can you help me in this? Please send or tell me your ideas. Lets do it.
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