It might be because it was High Council Sunday, but I really didn't get much out of the talks, except maybe a little sleepy. I was struck by the music though. Our choir director was an inspired call. Who knew she was so talented. Even when the choir is small in number, they are beautiful. I love the arrangements and the music that she chooses. I had never heard the song that they sang this Sunday, but I want to get a copy. I need to write the director a thank you note. She really amazes me.
The sacrament hymn was In Humility, Our Savior. I was struck by the lines, Fill our hearts with sweet forgiving; Teach us tolerance and love. Let our prayers find access to thee In thy holy courts above. I need to focus more on having a forgiving heart, tolerance, and showing more love to others. I've also been struggling with prayers. I want my prayers to be more meaningful, not just words. I want to communicate and talk to my Heavenly Father in a more intimate way. I want to know Him and my Savior better. I want to recognize answers better.
Our closing hymn was an old fashioned one, You Can Make the Pathway Bright. We sang it a lot more when I was young than we do now. Here's a few lines that spoke to me:
You can make the pathway bright, Fill the soul with heaven's light
If there's sunshine in your heart;
You can speak the gentle word To the heart with anger stirred,
If there's sunshine in your heart;
You can do the kindly deed To your neighbor in his need,
If there's sunshine in your heart;
And your soul will glow with love From the perfect Light above,
If there's sunshine in your heart today.
I want to do these things. My dad has sunshine in his heart. He "sends a shining ray" to everyone he meets. I want to have that enthusiasm, optimism, and love of everything that he has. I need to do more kindly deeds, and speak kindly.
These were my spiritual thoughts on Sunday. I rose on Monday morning and told myself that I was going to have sunshine in my heart that day. It didn't really work out. I had an early morning meeting which amounted to a lot of questions, problems, and stress. My art mom came in without a plan. She brought a huge mess of materials and just let them have a creative free-for-all for about an hour. It was loud, and messy, and in the end they created blobs that I made them take home immediately. We had two hours of science and I really don't like (or understand) the unit on physics that I have to teach. After school I went to a two hour meeting for our teacher's association, which is being slapped around by the legislature. It was depressing and in some ways an angry meeting. As we left at 6:30 it was pouring outside, and I didn't have any sunshine in my soul. I need to try again tomorrow.
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