More Holiness Give Me: Sunday left me highly amused!

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sunday left me highly amused!

There is a lady in my ward at church who moved in about 1 year ago. I love her to death. She is a TOTAL crack up! Shortly after she moved in I heard her maiden name and that she was from Colorado and I realized she just happened to be my brothers friend's (and my friend) older sister from when I was growing up. I felt amazed that I put the connection together! Like I said, she is a riot! Today in our marriage and family class we were talking about strains on marriage and the teacher (I love, love, love, her (DeAnn) as well, took the whole class just because she was teaching it) talked about how not being able to have children was a strain on marriage. When children don't come, or children that come to fast. And Alaine spoke up and said "or children that come to loud." I busted a gut over that! It is so the story of my life! We have a super loud family. You can hear us on the inside, from the outside, of our house! Talk about embarrassing...and trashy.

After a full hour of fighting two little people all sacrament meeting long I was worn out. So when Bo wanted to be dragged to class (literally) and I told him no and he decided he would then walk on his knees the whole way while still holding my hand I decided that was better than nothing and went with it. So here we are going down a very long hall, me walking, him kneeing, Bro Empey saw us and said "always praying, just always praying." referring to Bo on his knees. Cracked me up. Then Brother Carter came along and grabbed Bo's other hand and we, together, carried him off to class.

Thankful for good people to attend church with! And just so the Bush family knows Bo wants his teachers back! (The new ones are perfectly nice and patient though.)

Justine spoke in church today. She was scared to death but I was proud of her doing it anyway!

Also we had the best speakers in Sacrament (along with my kid). The husband had not been a member and she was and they talked about his conversion and how she converted at the same time spiritually. It was really a great day. Until we discussed staying out of debt in Relief Society. That sort of put a damper on things...oh yeah, and cooking from scratch(you know to save money)! That part stunk too.

I do love going to church though.

2 comments:

Mandy said...: Aw, that makes me feel good, Susan! Not that I don't want Bo to love his teachers but that he remembers us still. We miss our class too. Its a very slow settling in process for us right now. *sigh*; November 22, 2009 at 7:55 PM
kirstensblog said...: Susan, you are doing so great! I know that the lesson in Relief Society was a toughie. Especially at this time of year. So, yeah. I didn't buy some groceries because I could make them from scratch, ha ha. I guess it is rubbing off. But I do my best....except sometimes I get a wild hair, as you know! 100 dollars. wink; November 24, 2009 at 2:46 PM

I know it is long but it is life altering!

C.S. Lewis- Meanwhile the cross comes before the crown and tomorrow is a Monday morning...It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you say it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. But it is immortals who we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendours. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of the kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption, and our charity must be a real and costly love, with deep feeling for the sins in spite of which we love the sinner - no mere tolerance, or indulgence which parodies love as flippancy parodies merriment. Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."

"Women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are tough; we need women who are tender. There are enough women who are course; we need women who are kind. There are enough women who are rude; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fotune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity." Margaret D. Naduald

" Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. -Nelson Mandela-

More Holiness Give Me

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Sunday left me highly amused!

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