This past weekend I had a great opportunity to spend time with my mom. The IWA (Institute Womens Association) had a mother/daughter weekend. They had Miss Utah come speak to us (she did excellent) and had dinner on Friday night. Then the next morning they had breakfast and had some of the leaders and members speak. After that they had a testimony meeting. When they announced it, I had the thought of "aw crap!" go through my mind. Before you think that I am bored or something by testimony meetings, don't. I enjoy hearing the testimony of others. The problem is that every time there's a testimony meeting the spirit nags me to bear mine until I bear it. Those in my ward back in Aurora would know this. I bear my testimony quite often. They have to put up with it every month. The poor souls. When I do bear my testimony, I sometimes don't know what to say, or feel like I embarass myself.
This time was no different from any of the others. The spirit began to nag at me, and I fought it. I had no idea what I was going to say. Finally I caved, and walked up to the podium. When I got up there, it was so amazing. The words just kinda started flowing out. Things I had never thought of came out of my mouth.
An example, the fact that in church we hear the same things over and over again. We think "yeah, yeah. I know. I've heard this one a million times." But that doesn't make it any less true. In fact, it kinda makes it more true. Kinda like when your mom tells you something over and over again and you say to yourself "yeah, yeah. sure mom." but there's a reason she's telling you that. Every single time. If we don't listen, we might be missing something that we really needed to hear. That's a concept I had never really thought about until I was standing in front of a group of mothers and daughters. It was something that really built my testimony.
Another spiritual thought, is that I can't even imagine what I would do without the gospel in my life to be a comfort and support. It's a rock. It'll never change. It may be constantly growing and expanding, but the values it has will never change. Love one another, forgive men of their trespasses, basically live your life as if the Lord were standing next to you. Now, don't get me wrong. I'm VERY FAR from perfect. I don't mean to offend anyone by trying to say I'm perfect or anything. Because I'm not. I have plenty of things that I have to work on. No one is perfect.
Anyways, I just needed a moment for some spiritual ramblings. I had an amazing weekend. I got to spend time with my amazing mother. She's my hero. I don't know what I would do without her. She's there for me all the time. She has a crazy life and yet she still finds time to talk to me. She's my best friend. I love her with all my heart.
Saturday night, after my mom left, Hillary invited me to go with her in the hot tub at her parents' motel. I had a blast :) it's kinda nice to have roommate bonding moments. We have lots of them, but they're nice all the same.
Sunday was Stake Conference. It was spiritual and amazing. The talks were great. They said several things that I needed to hear. So all in all, the weekend was great. Now that I have had a moment for spiritual ramblings, I'll end this post.
