The Story of a Sabbath

So this is one of those posts that is done for the sake of journaling, not necessarily for the reader's entertainment, sorry friends.

This is what happens on my Sundays. Day of rest? Psh...right. Ok, I still make sure to plan time for a small nap, but it is SUCH a nice day of rest from work and school, I always love Sundays for that reason. And because it is such a good day to re-tune yourself with the Spirit and what's really important, so here is what usually goes down.

I wake up around seven-ish, get to church by eight so that I can be there on time for ward council/stewardship meeting/welfare meeting. Which ever one it may be that week. Right after those meetings happen we start church with Sacrament Meeting, then Sunday School, then Relief Society. That's all fairly standard. Then after church, I usually wind up talking to people for about half an hour or so regarding people's concerns, callings, and anything else I need to talk to the bishopric about. As soon as I got home my Visiting Teachers came over, yay visiting teaching!! Then, on days like today, we have break the fast, since it was fast Sunday. Following break the fast, I met with my visiting teaching supervisors for a while to go over their callings and what they need to be doing. Following that, I met with my teachers to discuss their duty. Some Sundays I meet with groups like this, my various committees, etc. Other Sundays it's presidency meeting, just depends on what's going on, hopefully it will settle down some into a regular thing as the semester goes on. I finished with all of this around four o clock (church gets out at noon) and so I was able to lay down for a bit of a nap. However, lately naps on Sunday have not been up to par and I think it's a guilt complex telling me that there are other things I need to be doing still for my calling, so I should probably work on that. I got up around six thirty so that I could get some spiritual thoughts ready for visits. Then at seven, we left as a presidency to go out on visits to various apartments. We usually try to do 4 a week so we can get to know people and be involved with them. Visits went til around 8:15 and then at 8:30 we had ward prayer. That ended around 9:15, then my old friend Peter came over to visit, I like having visitors on Sunday nights. And then finally, the Home Teachers came over to end our night. Also included in a typical Sunday is lots of singing around the piano with my roommates and anybody that hears and comes to join us.

Sundays are so busy. So so so busy, but I love every minute of it. I love my calling and being able to be so involved in the ward. Today for our closing hymn we sang "Nearer My God To Thee". We recently called a new pianist for R.S. that said she played piano at a 7 out of 10. However, she didn't realize that it would get a her a calling with it. She struggled on the first Sunday and asked why I called her. I explained and she was shocked that she had marked herself so high for some reason. I told her that if she wasn't comfortable with it, then I could release her and call someone else. She instantly said no, that she wanted to keep her calling and just practice at it. Katherine and I were discussing it earlier this week and she brought up the point that callings are there for us to learn and grow sometimes and we so much appreciated this sister and her attitude towards doing her calling. As she struggled through the song today, I was so proud of her. Being a piano player, I usually would cringe, but each wrong note she hit reminded me that she is trying so hard to magnify her calling and I admired her so much. It is my constant prayer, that I can always try that hard to magnify my calling. There are days when I don't know what I can do or how I can help a sister, but the more I pray for my girls and get to know them, the more I feel an overwhelming feeling of our Heavenly Father's love for each and everyone of them. It brought tears to my eyes today as we sang this song and I looked out of their faces, praying that they would feel the Spirit and draw near to our Heavenly Father. I love serving in this calling and the opportunity it gives me to help these sisters feel of our Heavenly Father's love for each of them, because if they know that, and can have a solid testimony of that, the rest can just fall in to place.