I have thought about
what I wanted to share and at first I was thinking something along the lines of
spending time with family and what is really important. I couldn't find
anything I liked or think of how I wanted to share it. I said a prayer
asking for a little help and ending up waking up in the night with the feeling
that my message today would be on service. Now some of you may know that
I am a very visual person and like to learn and understand things if I able to
imagine myself there or can see a picture or video etc - so the first thing I
did was go to the Mormon Messages. As I was scrolling through the
messages the title to this one really jumped out at me and got me really
thinking- it's from PresidentMonson titled "Have I Done Any Good in
the World Today?" Something that really stuck out to me was when he says
"Have you ever intended to be the one to help and yet how often has day to
day living interfered and you left it for others to help-that your
so caught up in the busyness of our lives"
Last
week I had a similar situation. Teylor had been wanting to ride
his bike to school for a while - but with his paper routes and practices right
after the paper route for him andParkar we just haven't been able to
walk to school. So last Tuesday I told him we could finally walk ( I had
to pick the hottest day too:)). I was walking pushing a big jogging stroller
with Parkar and Kartyr in it and Teylor was
riding his bike and it was at least 80 degrees. We all were getting
really hot, our water was getting low and Kartyr had been crying for
at least 5minutes. We came into a cul de sac with about
15papers left and asTeylor was just about to finish in there I noticed a
member from our ward that had been severely injured early this year in which he
crushed both of his legs, chest and an arm walking to get his lawn mower
out of his shed. I'll be honest I sat at the end of the cul desac
in the shade thinking to myself I really would like to help him but it is SOO hot, Kartyrneeds
to eat, we were in a hurry to get done so we wouldn't be late for practice, I
still had dinner to preparte etc but as I watched him make one loop
around his yard very slowly and limping I couldn't help but walk down
there and ask him to let me mow his yard. Of course he turned me down and
after about 3minutes of me insisting I mow his yard he finally gave
in and let me do it.
So
when I watched this video I was thinking to myself considering last week how I
was trying to talk myself out of giving service for petty "busyness
of our lives" how many times does this happen to all of us? How many times
do we see someone we could help real quick be we are so caught
up in what we are doing or where we are going that we "intended to
help but left it for others to help?" I just want to end with the hymn that
President Monson shared "Have I done any good in the world
today-Have I helped anyone in need- Have I cheered up the sad and made someone
feel glad- if not I failed indeed - Has any ones burdens been lighter
today because I was willing to share - Have the sick and the weary been helped
on their way - when they needed my help was I there.
So
I would ask each of you to try and remember to ask yourselves each
day "Have I Done Any Good in the World Today?" I love you all so much
and I'm so grateful for each of! (Sorry its SOO LATE) Raeann
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