Last year brought with it a lot of growth for me. So at the first of this year I found myself wondering what 2011 had in store. I got my answer pretty quickly in the form of a call as Young Womens president at the end of January. Yikes - I know. I barely look older than a Laurel. (And probably barely act it too :)
But over the last couple of weeks, and the last few days in particular I've had some thoughts as to why I may have been called.
While we have an incredible group of girls, we have a few with some major challenges in their young lives. Do I feel equipped to tackle those challenges with them? Not at all, really. And it's because of my lack of skill that I will be turning to the Lord for answers on a daily basis. Which is what He wants out of His children, right? If I were coming into this feeling like "no sweat, I can handle it" I probably would rely too much on my own strength and not do certain things that our Heavenly Father would want me to do for these girls.
It's not that I'm paralyzed with feelings of inadequacy. I'm ready to go to work. But I also recognize that I have A LOT to learn and know that if I have faith, I can improve in areas (so many areas!) where right now I come up short.
God is our source of power and when we forget that and rely on our own strength (or weakness, really) we struggle, suffer, and don't succeed. But if we're serving Him and have faith, He will give us the ability to do what we need to do.
And we'll enjoy it! My mom said awhile back that even our hobbies are only meaningful in the context of the gospel. And I don't mean that if you like to crochet (what a random example) you can only enjoy crocheting if you're doing it for a church activity. But if you are living in harmony with God's plan, everything you do will have more meaning. And the things that don't matter will fall away. (Feel free to explain that better in the comments Mom :) Love you!)
And here are my cute kids:
Eva's in a BYU cheerleading outfit we are "borrowing" from a cousin (we've had it for months now!) Go Jimmer! Thanks to my nephew Joel I even know who that is. We don't really follow sports around here :) But Eva sure likes saying "Go BYU!"
7 comments:
yaaaaaaaay!!
your girls are beautiful, and are getting SO big!!
I would've loved having you as my young womens president. I'm sure you are doing a great a job!!
We're baaack on the same day! :) I love you Kel! You have such a strong testimony and those girls are blessed to have you in their lives! (Your YW and Eva and Mae!)
You're both back! What a great thing to see after our yoga class, which is now in our living room. But I digress, this isn't about me. It's about your eloquent expression of tender feelings. Exactly how I feel and exactly what I'm learning even at my advanced age----when these truths go deep inside, well, even crocheting takes on new meaning :) Can't wait to talk in person.
Amen, I feel like I can only do whatever calling I'm in by totally pleading for help daily in my prayers. I've learned the hard way not to rely on my own strength. Now I need to go see what Liz has posted since you both came back at the same time :D
this is Pooh Pa. I've never been there (no blogging) so how can I come baaaack? Help! But I just love your mom and her adorable daughters, sons, sons-in-law, (daughters-in-law?) granddaughters and grandsons.
(Wow! We ought to go on "America's Biggest Winners" 'cuz we're such a large family.) And good looking too!
Born to Boogie!!! (and cry a bit over Kel's posts.) Love you girl!
Welcome back, friend! Kelly, you truly are amazing. I also serve with the young women, and it's one of the greatest challenges, yet one of the greatest joys of my life. I worry about them so much. It's such a hard world for teenagers, you know? But with Christ, all things are possible, right? I don't know what I would do without my testimony. Thanks for sharing yours. I love ya!
I just love you. You are a good example to me. It was good spending time with ya in Cali.
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