Sunday testimony

On the first sunday of every month, in the LDS church we hold testimony meetings. That means that after we sing a couple hymns, take the sacrament, and hear any relevant announcements, the pulpit is free for anyone to come forward and share their testimony. This is a neat opportunity to hear from many members of the congregation all at once and learn from one another's experiences.

I thought about getting up and bearing my testimony today, but didn't. Perhaps I chose not to because my thoughts were not quite as clear as I wished - but that's a pretty lame reason, because the purpose of these testimonies is not to have something pre-written or well thought out. It's simply a chance to express your spiritual feelings. Either way, I didn't get up.

I had three things I felt I could speak to, but the first two would simply be bragging and not exactly fit for such a testimony. Those two topics would have been publicly expressing my gratitude to my Father in Heaven for my wonderful daughter and my incredible wife. Evette really is as much of an angel as she appears to be in our blog posts, and Heidi is at least as much of a superwoman as she appears to be, too.

The third part was (and is) the hard one for me. Without going into details, I just want to say that I know that God has a plan for me and is looking out for our little family's best interests. That has been hard for me to swallow through this recruiting season as things have not worked out as I'd planned, but I know things will work out for the best. I don't know how that will be, but I honestly feel peace in my heart telling me so - after months of frustration. I'm excited to see what's in store.



Just for fun, here's a picture of Evette helping me study yesterday. :) See what I mean?