My Conversation with God (or something like it)

Me: 

  “So, um, Heavenly Father….I’ve been Young Women’s President for a few (like 4) years now… I’m a little tired and my son’s about to leave on his mission.  Don’t get me wrong, I have sooooo loved serving You in this way.  I love the Young Women like they are my own daughters.  I cry when they cry, I laugh when they laugh.  I have learned much and served well.  I am not perfect, no, not by a long shot, but maybe it’s time for someone else to have this honor?  My ideas are getting a little stale and they deserve better.  There are some great ladies I could even suggest.   It would be so very nice to have a little break and not be in charge.  Do you want to hear my list of places where I could serve?  I promise I will be a very good follower.”

Heavenly Father: 

“OK.  I call you to be the Stake Young Women’s President.”

Me:

“But…”

Heavenly Father:

“Yes?”

Me:

“But…”

Heavenly Father:

“Dear [Lisa], I have your recent letter. I have only one suggestion: forget yourself and go to work.”

“Whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel’s, the same shall save it” (Mark 8:35).

ok then. 

Advice to Live By

Of all the things I have learned and done in the last month, this little piece of advice garnered from Brother DeVore who spoke at our youth conference in Big Bear last month has really stuck with me:

"If you can't think of something interesting to post as your status for Facebook [or Blogger, or Twitter, etc. etc.] then go DO something interesting."

Well, I've been doing just that, interspersed with frantic periods of organizing, packing, cleaning up, worrying, praying. I will get back to posting because the record is important to me, but for now I am experiencing, surviving, living, doing.