Why I Go To Church

We had a great day today!  A few days ago, someone in our last ward called to ask Mat if he'd do their musical number today.  Anytime we get the chance to go back to the old ward, I'm all over it!  I love those people and love to go back and visit.  Our friend, Lori, accompanied Mat as he sang "Precious Savior".  I'm going to put the words on here, because they touched me today as he sang and I followed along in the hymn book. (Hymns, #103)

1. Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, Thy sweet message now impart.  May thy Spirit, pure and fervid, Enter every timid heart;  Carry there the swift conviction, Turning back the sinful tide.  Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, May each soul in thee abide.
2. Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, We are weak but thou art strong; In thy infinite compassion, Stay the tide of sin and wrong.  Keep thy loving arms around us; Keep us in the narrow way.  Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, Let us never from thee stray.
3. Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, Thou wilt bind the broken heart.  Let not sorrow overwhelm us; Dry the bitter tears that start.  Curb the winds and calm the billows; Bid the angry tempest cease.  Precious Savior, dear Redeemer, Grant us everlasting peace.

Isn't that cool?  I especially love the third verse right now.  I had so many of my old friends come up and give me a hug and words of encouragement today.  It was AWESOME to be there and to see so many friends again.

When we got home, the kids were all ready for church, so we packed them up and got there 20 minutes early.  I'm not sure that has ever happened!  Mat and I joked that we should just leave every Sunday morning and let them get ready on their own.  It seems to go much smoother when we aren't here!  Mat is the organist, so he was up playing the prelude music.  As I was sitting there before the meeting, this sweet little girl, she's probably 2 or 3, and the daughter of a friend in the ward, came up to me and said in the sweetest voice, "My mom said to give this to you."  She handed me a quote from President Harold B. Lee that says:

• The most important thing you can do is to learn to talk to God.  Talk to Him as you would talk to your father, for He is your Father, and He wants you to talk to Him.  He wants you to cultivate ears to listen when He gives you the impressions of the Spirit to tell you what to do.  If you learn to give heed to the sudden ideas which come to your minds, you will find those things coming through in the very hour of your need.  If you will cultivate an ear to hear these promptings, you will have learned to walk by the spirit of revelation.

What Amy didn't know is that I've been struggling lately to know what to do about my business.  My business is what I know. I know I can count on it, I know the business will come.  I feel like I know what I need to do.  But there is this little voice in me that wonders if we will be able to reach our goals financially if I don't continue.  I wonder if Mat will be able to pick up enough bookkeeping business to get us to our goals.  There is a part of me that wonders if there is something else for me, a life mission sort of thing.  It is hard to have enough faith to jump into the dark and trust that whatever that thing is will come to me.  So this quote is today's amazing gift.  Can you see the miracle in it?  "You will find those things coming through in the very hour of your need".  This is exactly what I needed today.  I love going to church!