Mormon Messages

I’ve been bawling over Mormon Messages all morning. How pathetic am I? Not that I’m crying over tender stories (everyone should engage in that once in a while), but to think my life is so difficult. Compared to the stories of young boys growing up on the street, never having enough to eat, getting excited over a soccer ball, or a new shirt to wear, my life is wonderful. (watch The Boys Home http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYrNBpJly9s&feature=player_embedded ) I have all that I need. Or compared to the woman who lost her beautiful face in a plane crash and will have to endure the rest of her life with pain and strange looks from others because of the burns she suffered, my life is sweet. (watch My New Life http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHDvxPjsm8E&feature=player_embedded) My husband, children and I are all healthy and have no physical deformities. We have all we need. In the same week that we received the glorious news that the little girl we’ve fallen in love with will be able to stay in our family forever (more on that later!), I succumb to self-pity over boys not doing chores. How pathetic. Fortunately for me, I’ve been restored to a greater perspective. I’m grateful for the reminders in Mormon Messages that life is more than what happens to us. It's all about how we respond to life, and how we reach out to others. It doesn't matter if my boys don't get there chores done on my schedule every day, but it does matter that they feel my love for them.