I read a suggestion this morning before I went to work. It said that I should work on having a merry heart. That started me thinking. What is a merry heart? Merry is a word we use to wish someone a merry Christmas. I guess that is a way to wish someone to enjoy something. Have a merry dinner. Have a merry football game when Utah wins. Have a merry day.
But having a merry heart means to feel it I would suppose. Do I have a merry heart? I thought on my driving time to work that I should have a merry heart. I have a wonderful family. I have a beautiful wife who takes care of me, in more ways that I would ever admit. I have wonderful grand children, all of whom are being taught the values I hold so dear, and all are accepting them.
I have relatively good health, I have a belief in the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. What have I to detract from my merri-ness. (Is that a word?) As I went through work today, I tried to have a merry disposition with everyone at work. I believe I was mostly successful. But besides trying to be merry as I was challenged, and besides trying to be merry at work, I discovered something.
More than just being merry for those I was around, those I work with, I felt merry. I felt things were OK, in fact, things were great. I realized that Father does love me. He does not give me all I want WHEN I want it, but He loves me. I felt comfortable with things the way they are today. The unanswered prayers, the questions I have, the timing challenge I am faced with, I did not dwell upon, nor even think about those things that are not settled. I just had to be merry, happy, comfortable, peaceful, and even joyful in my merri-ness.
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