Almost two hours after Jenna left for school,
I looked outside the window to see a fog so thick it had nearly swallowed my
view of the houses across the street.
Normally I don't get so excited by something that has impaired my
vision, but unlike the hazy smoke that had lingered at the beginning of the
month, I knew that the fog was clean and moist and would lift and be gone until
another morning. I've never seen the
clouds so closely to my face. It was
pretty awesome.
Right now the sky is clear and
blue. It is a sunny day. There is no evidence that the fog had descended
so low. The scenery is clean. There is nothing to impell my vision or
breathing.
Last night we fed the Elders. The sun was beating on our house and shining
through the windows. The kitchen is
always so hot without it. Roland had the
A/C on high and a fan had been set up to blow the cold air into the
kitchen. What cold air?
We have a skylight in the front room,
but Roland had covered it last year when the sun was pounding through - thus the
room is not as well lit as the kitchen or our bedroom. But I decided that we would eat in the living
room as it was cooler than the kitchen.
We had Hawaiian haystacks and visited
for a while before the elders excused themselves to go to their appointment. Elder
Mafi left us with a thought about putting on the armor of God - a topic which I
have taken all too lightly this month - and especially this week. It's my final week for the two classes I am
currently taking and I have been lacking ambition and motivation. I haven't been wearing my entire armor of God
- perhaps a piece here and there.
Elder Mafi compared each part to an
action such as scripture study or prayer.
I've only been wearing pieces of the armor - or worse - only just trying
it on and not long at that. I thanked
him for the reminder. This morning I
woke up thinking about this song. I also
looked up images and subject to strengthen that which I would like to embrace
and apply.
Just as an orange without peel (it's
armor, see here) I will sink in the waters of despair. I want to wear my armor in order to stay
afloat.
I also looked up and watched this
video
