Something has been kicking around in my brain for the last week. On the 10th (Sunday), my dad was released after serving 5 years as his LDS ward's bishop. It has been a great blessing for my entire family, as well as a challenge. I know there are things he and Mom would have loved to be there for, but service to the Lord needed (rightfully so, I might add) to take priority.
During the meeting, the stake president had Mom come up and say a few words. Something that she said struck me. She mentioned that when they got married, it was never a question whether or not they were going to be active in the church. It was something they both knew they would do without ever having to discuss it.
As someone whose life has been greatly blessed by their "non-decision", it has got me thinking about other non-decisions I have made and how my life has been changed for the better because I never had to decide.
-Like my parents, it was never a decision whether or not I was going to be an active church-goer. I live alone, I have no one to wake me up or remind me to go to church. But, because I always knew it was something I would do, I get up each week and deal with 90+ oversugared 3-11 year olds and love it!
-It was never a decision whether or not I was going to go to college. I didn't have to think about whether or not to take the ACTs or to apply. My life is immeasurably better because of that non-decision.
-It has never been a decision to spend time with my family. Eek! My life would be awful if I didn't talk to, chat with, fly thousands of miles to see, send ramdom postcards related to non-religious holidays to, my family.
-It has never been a decision whether or not to have a family of my own. Now, grant you, the timing of it has been later than I had planned. But, I was having a chat with the Lord about this the other day and He said "Just be patient. It will come and will be worth the wait!"
So, those are some of my non-decisions. What non-decisions have blessed your life?
2 comments:
Yes! I am amazed at how many people debate going to church every week. And then one day they "stay home" side wins.
I like to think of them as decisions I made early on. So early and gradually that I barely remember making those decisions.
The same. You, of course, know the background my mom came from. But you may not know that my dad's dad was an alcoholic, and though sealed to my fabulous grandma in the temple, never went to church. For my parents, I believe the decision was slightly more conscious than that, but it has sure made all the difference to me. I'm trying to raise the Jedi the same way: church is who we ARE, not just something to DO.
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