Answers to Prayers

Lately I have been so overwhelmed with the amount of cleaning/organizing this house needs.  I've been somewhat concerned about the amount of attention I've been giving my kids though (or lack of).  But it was something that I kind of put off in the back of my mind.  Anyway, lately I've been really good at reading my scriptures and I've started being better at personal prayers.  As I was praying the other day, a thought from the talk I gave on Sunday popped into my head and I kind of got distracted during my praying by it.  In my talk, I urged people to discover what their "personal Liahona" was telling them to do, and I said to young parents, maybe it's that your house doesn't have to be perfectly clean.  But that maybe you should play more with your kids.  I used to follow that advice really well, almost to a fault, but lately I haven't been.  And when that popped into my head, it really hit me. 

But guess what?  The house has been more clean since I've been focusing more on spending quality time with my kids.  How does that work?  Because God blessed me for following the spirit!  It's been such a tender mercy these past few days! 

So, I urge you guys to follow whatever prompting you have, and other aspects of your life that you don't think would be affected, probably will be.  It's how the Lord works.

Progress

The primary program is coming up. I'm really excited, but also quite nervous. I'm the choirster, and the pressures are building, like did I teach them well enough to perform for the congregation? I told the pianist that I'd switch her in a heartbeat, but I had an awakening. If we were only doing callings that stayed in our comfort zones, we would never grow and progress. I'm so grateful to know that the things I'm learning through this will help me grow. I know the program is going to be wonderful, and I'm so excited for parents to see their children's testimonies through their parts and the songs. I love this gospel, and I love the children I get the priveledge to sing with every week.