I finished a book this week about the impact that different women have made on the world. One of the women in the book was Mother Theresa. It wasn’t the many deeds of service\u00a0that she did that made the biggest\u00a0impression on me. It was her words about sometimes feeling distant from God as she did good works. I have felt that way this week and other times.<\/p>\n
In my life I expect\u00a0that service and scripture study will make me feel light and happy, but that doesn’t always happen. I have learned that if we want to become like the Savior, it means that we will have days where we become acquainted with grief, a little like the Savior, who was also a “man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.” And that feeling of distance from God may not always be a feeling of distance. Perhaps at times\u00a0it’s\u00a0a closeness to what He feels for his children, and sometimes that is grief. Of course there is always a distance between me and God, and this leads me to see how much I need the gift of grace.<\/p>\n
I have no regrets for my time spent in the scriptures and service, even if I don’t always feel warm and fuzzy about it. I DO\u00a0have regrets about my time spent doing frivolous things. 24 hours really is a lot of time each day to get things done. How much\u00a0time\u00a0I waste, worrying what other people think of me and following news that isn’t important!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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