I went to Church by myself last week. Jenna had opted to go with Roland to pick up Randy and his family at the airport. Roland and I had picked up a van the day before. We had also borrowed a playpen for the baby to sleep in.
I am happy I was there for sacrament
meeting. Bonnie’s doctor and his wife
were the speakers. We hadn’t seen Dr.
Nay at Church since COVID began. He
still had a mask on his face which made me feel guilty that I wasn’t wearing
mine (as masks are now optional at Church)
Sister Nay talked about taking upon
His name and comparing simple reminders to power bars or power bites. Reading the scriptures would be a power bar,
performing service, being kind . . . Though I have put Sister Nay on possibly a
higher pedestal than perhaps she would place herself, it made me realize that
even those that seem to be natural at taking upon His name and wouldn’t need
power bars do have to work at it. Spiritual power bars give us energy.
Dr. Nay had mentioned that oft times
we may become offended by the choice of words or actions of another – but it
isn’t as though most people are going around intentionally offending
others. Sometimes we just get rubbed the
wrong way or see things out of context. How
we react is on us. I wish I had taken
notes. Both talks were both very
meaningful. I enjoyed them a lot.
It appears I published a post after
I returned figuring I would see them all within the hour. Ironically, I could have created several more
thoughts to post each day but had decided to finish watching a movie I had
started the week prior. I had even gone
through a second and wondered: “Where in the world could they be?”
I did figure that they would stop
for something to eat even though Roland had Chicken Cacciatore cooking in the
crockpot. They made the mistake of
choosing a Denny’s that evidently was not fully staffed. The ironic thing was that in the time they
had ordered until the time they were served, they could have eaten the Cacciatore. I had several reports that it was NOT a good
experience. But at least they got to
visit, right? Probably in a more
productive way than the van would allow.
So now I have a week’s worth of
family time plus another two unrelated but will perhaps be mentioned during
their first day of June with us. I have
loads of pictures that Jenna had taken.
How great it is that she is documenting what I used to. So, I’m back.
Don’t know how missed I was.
