One of the counselors in our bishopric today was speaking about the kind of way God loves us. He told a story about when he was in college and broke his tooth. He called his grandfather who was a retired dentist. His grandfather came and picked him up and helped him take care of it. He was comforting the whole time and when he dropped him off, he gave him a hug and said, "Mortality is hard, isn't it?" The amazing thing about was that his grandfather was dying of cancer at the time. But he didn't talk about how he was feeling, or suffering, he just loved his grandson.
And that is how God loves us. He's sad about the bad choices of his children, I'm sure he's busy. But in our interactions with Him, it's never about that.
That's what I need to do better. That's the kind of mom and wife I dream of becoming. There's always been this image in my head, but somehow, that story today solified to me what it really was. I need to stop worrying about how I feel and what my complaints are and focus on theirs. Even when I'm tired or stressed or busy. This week, that's the goal...
Sometime that can be hard...but we can be more helpful if we are like that! Thanks for sharing...I am not as sympathetic as I should be.
ReplyDeleteDuring Primary last week I was holding up a picture of the prophet Helaman and explaining about him and Tyler Rutter said "hey, he is in our class!" I thought it was so cute...