Oh my, where to start? I guess the first question is, what is this all about? The answer to that is, it's about the majority. Not just the majority in America, or the world, but in humanity. It's not just about Christians, it's about all of us who have our beliefs and stick to them. Hopefully as this blog progresses it will become more obvious. I thought that this idea originally came to me this past weekend at Timeout For Women. That is a conference the women of my area have the opportunity to attend each year. It is put together by Deseret Books. There are uplifting speakers and music the whole weekend, and while you're there everything seems possible! So naturally I assumed this idea must have been invented in my mind there. Once home, however, I realized that this dream of uplifting those around me is something I've always tried to figure out how to do. Let me try to stay on tract.
In the Bible, the King James version, we read many passages that teach of Christ as The Good Shepherd. The story teaches us that no matter what sheep (or followers) he loses, he will go find them. He will leave the "ninety & nine" and search for the one. It's a beautiful story of the love our Savior has for us. But my whole life I have always thought about the rest of the sheep. You know, the ones that stayed. All 100 didn't run off. I picture them grazing and roaming near the Shepherd. Never going too far from the master they trust. It's not simply them obeying him, they love him. They know he is their to protect them. Well, as we know these sheep represent us. The majority! Our lives aren't perfect. We stress, we struggle, we stumble, but we stay!
Yay for us? Yes, yay for us!! In this conference I attended there was a quote read in almost every speakers presentation. And it's by one of the past prophets of our church, Spencer W. Kimball. He said, "God does notice us, and he watches over us. But it is usually through another person that he meets our needs." Being in the majority, we often feel left or forgotten. We aren't the one percent that needs a lot of care. We aren't the squeaky wheel. And quite frankly that use to bug me. Then, as I got older and read the words of President Kimball more and more I realized we aren't alone. He left us with each other and for a reason. We aren't suppose to go to a corner and graze on our own. But instead we are expected to help and love one another. We are the ones that might help God answer someone else's prayer! I don't know about you but there are times I love throwing myself a big ole pity party! In the words of President Hinkley's (another Prophet) father, "Forget thyself and get to work!" There is always work to be done for someone in more need than ourselves. And while we are serving others, our own prayers are usually answered.
I am no expert! I have struggled, and I will struggle. And so will we all! But we are not forgotten. I have many ideas and topics to post about on this blog and I'm excited to get started. I also hope to have some really awesome people write some posts for me! I will try to keep the posts to a reasonable size. Sometimes, I don't finish reading a blog post because it just gets too long. Also, this is a place of love and kindness. That doesn't mean we will all agree, but we can all still respect one another. I really hope all that read will leave a comment. I want to help make this as enjoyable as possible. Which means some posts won't be as serious as others. I love to laugh, and it's funny that this wasn't the first post I wrote for this blog. But I felt that one introducing my idea would be better to begin with. Here we go...TO BE CONTINUED...
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