Sunday Laugh

As Long As We Are Reverent....
Today, being Sunday, I don't want to admit it, but I went to the Grocery Store. This is not something I normally do on any given Sunday. Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy for me entails not going shopping or to restaurants, movies, theme parks, etc. These are events my family and I avoid when at all possible on Sunday.

There is the rare occasion, while travelling, or, when an emergency arises and we must venture out to a Grocery Store, Hospital, Doctor, etc. on Sunday. Like today.....

After Church, a visit to the Pharmacy at my local Grocery Store was necessary. Coincidentally, a dear friend needed me to pick up a few items for her, so.... off I went with Andrew, Megan, and Katherine. (In hindsight, I could have taken them home, but the store was on the way)

On the way to the store, I was giving the "Now you know this is a rare occasion for us to go the store on Sunday" talk. "We just don't do this for any old reason" and on and on.
The kids were on the same page with me, "Yes, Mom, we get it, we know...we don't go shopping on Sunday."

Then Megan gave us reason to laugh (although she was serious). "Mom, it will be OK for us to go shopping at the grocery store on Sunday as long as we are Reverent. We will be reverent in the Grocery Store, promise." Those Primary reverence lessons are carried to every corner of life..even the Grocery Store on Sunday.

And....we were reverent as we shopped on the Sabbath day.....Whatever that means. Does it count that we whispered in the store? Not?

Actually, it seemed that we saw everyone in town at the store (except my friends from Church). I could not make it up or down an aisle without someone stopping me. Have no worries....I had Reverent Conversations with each person I met!

Sunday Thoughts and Bad News Is Good News

Thoughts From A Great Sunday

Today was one of those days at Church when the

messages were incredible.

Andria, Cindy, and Bruce R. spoke.

Every message was powerful.

Here is a thought from Cindy...

Don't just pray for people's well-being,

safety, etc....

Pray to know how you can help them.

She was referring to praying for members of her family, yet

this applies across the board...

It made me realize I need to pray for others in a different way

and at a deeper level.

If I am praying for them, am I willing to also be part of the

solution?

This thought also made me think about those who will

be affected adversely by the approaching storms.

I need to pray for their safety and well-being, yet pray

to know how I can help them.
How will I be able to help in the aftermath and be part

of the solution?

My young daughters put it in perspective for me last night.

They said, "A storm is bad for others, but good for us because

we get to help them. When can we make quilts?"

They remember the sweet spirit surrounding the quilt

service projects in the past.

They also said....

"If we had a Hurricane and lost everything in our house, we know

that other people would make quilts for us."

Do you look at things this way?

Bad News Can Mean Good News...

Hearing the attitudes of my children was so humbling.