Today’s morning prayer included:
- gratitude for yesterday’s trip to the laundromat with Paige
- a plea for help for my boys at school
- gratitude for a lunch with two of the Charlenes in my life
- gratitude for my parents who came over last night for dinner and to help Daniel with some Scout stuff
- gratitude for a beautiful house
- a plea for forgiveness
- frustration about some things
- the names of many ward members
- a realization that I have so much help this year for school, including busing, a piano teacher who comes to our house, and an army of teachers to replace my efforts
- a plea to know who I can help today and for the emotional strength to do it
I said amen, thinking, “Did I kind of fall asleep during part of that prayer?” Realizing that I had, the thought came that if God could make the earth out of elements, he can work with a servant who is a bit dozy. Then the thought came that I needed to find my cell phone because someone needed me. I figured it would be one of my boys who had just left for school. Almost immediately after finding my phone, it lit up. Someone was calling to ask me to help. I wouldn’t have heard it because it was on silent mode. Sometimes, especially lately, I need intervention like this to know what to do because my perception feels foggy. I couldn’t have thought to call this neighbor, so she had to call me. I’m glad she felt that she could. I am grateful the thought came to find my phone.
Keep praying, all. It works.