i’ve been a little down the past few days for no apparent reason. nothing but good has happened to me lately but I wasn’t the usual bubbly, happy person 24/7. i didn’t cry or anything remotely big but I knew I was missing something. Then I just realized it. I’ve been lacking spiritually. I’ve been slacking on scripture reading. and praying alone with a sincere heart and a listening ear. I go to church every Sunday but it’s so hard to pay attention while tending to two kids who have an attention span of 10 secs. I try to read them the book of mormon everyday but I’ve been slacking lately on that too. I read the ensign the day it arrives and toss it somewhere and don’t look at it again. I NEED to remember to read the scriptures DAILY, to pray and converse with God instead of saying the ritual prayer and then not listening to him afterwards. I need to have a quiet moment everyday to meditate and ponder instead of being on the phone, watching t.v, use the computer, or even sew any free time/chance I get.
I’m grateful for days like I just had. Because sometimes you don’t realize you’re running low on your spiritual cantene until it’s almost empty. I’m going to do better so that I don’t have to be running on low to realize what I was missing.
many times I get caught up in wordly things and worry/stress/wish about certain things when in the end, none of the things I stress about matters! What matters is my relationship with God, my family, my husband and my darling two little girls, and my progress of becoming a better person. That is the only thing you take with you when you die anyway. Your knowledge, character, and your relationships with others.
From now on, I will make a promise to myself that on my to-do list,
#1 will be praying fervently
#2 reading my scriptures
before I do anything else on my to-do list. or any leisure activity I enjoy.
I love our Heavenly Father for helping me to realize this. He is so caring and wonderful.
here’s a video that made me teary and happy today. Motherhood:-An-Eternal-Partnership
Amy and I were just talking about this same subject. Careful what you ask for. I've been praying to have a more spiritually centered life and now I'm the gospel doctrine teacher. Which has been and will always be the hardest calling for me. Good post.
wow, heavenly father really answers our prayers doesn't he? I'm sorry that's a hard calling for you but I have no doubt you're great at it!
Even though I always look at your blog, I'm sorry I hardly post comments. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and talents with us via your blog. I just wanted to say to attend the temple regularly for spiritual boosts, too! You've got Mikey there to babysit for you:) The temple is the best place to feel the Spirit and receive answers to your prayers. I love to go to the temple and can't wait til ours opens in Nov!
yes we def. need to find babysitters so we can go to the temple and go on dates also. we don't do neither. 🙂
Seriously…have Mikey babysit! If Friday nights are too hard, then Sat. afternoons when they're napping.