Two weeks from today, we will walk into the Stake President's office. Our kids will all be there and we will be set apart as missionaries. Only two weeks. Fourteen days. We will be missionaries.
Not the kind I was as a young Elder, but we will be missionaries helping the youth in their institutes and seminaries. The work we will be doing will be learned as we get there. I am sure that it will be a totally different mission than I experienced 42 years ago.
It seems like TWO WEEKS is the time to sprint. In the Olympics, there were many races where the contestants sprinted to the finish line to earn the gold medal. Last night in my sleep, I felt a change in our lives, and as I arose this morning, I was bombarded with things that must be done. I need to make new lists. I have things coming into my mind that I have not thought about. Bonnie and I are going to be sprinting these last two weeks.
They are not large things. Yesterday we went to Brigham City. We helped Emily assemble a swing set that has been sitting for quite some time. We went to the Brigham City Temple open house. It was a full day. That was the last major event that we have planned. Now that is out of the way, my mind is freed from thinking, planning these major events, now all the millions of little things flood into my mind.
As I sit here this Sabbath morning, preparing to go to church, I could start to work myself into a frenzy, worrying about what is to be done. But as I quoted in a past blog, preparation for a mission, accomplishing all the things that need to be done is part of this mission, and so I must exercise my faith in Father's tender mercies in helping me accomplish what needs to be done.
It is sort of like tithing. We are blessed with a certain amount of income. If we pay our tithing first, then He will help us stretch our money to cover "sufficient for our needs." We have seen that happen many, many times in our life. So, I believe it is just as true with our time. We have a certain amount, say.... 24 hours each day. Even if I have three weeks of things to do, Father will stretch our time to be sufficient for our needs to do all the things that need to be done.
So, this is another reason why worrying is such a waste of time.
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