First week of kindergarten was at a new school in a new town for Carson. In this new situation we live just a little over a mile from school and so we get to walk to and from school. A full day of school is always tough for the first timers. Each day as I walk to meet them, I notice he needs an extra long hug and he always hands me his backpack as if it’s just too much to carry after a long day. I have to admit, it’s the least I can do, I am thrilled when he hands it to me.
“When the burdens of life become heavy, when trials test one’s faith, when pain, sorrow, and despair cause the light of hope to flicker and burn low, communication with our Heavenly Father provides peace.
These, the marks of a true finisher, will be as a lamp to our feet in the journey through life. Ever beckoning us onward and lifting us upward is he who pleaded, “… come, follow me.” (Luke 18:22.)” -Thomas S. Monson
The other day, he was running ahead with some friends, and I was behind talking with a friend. As we approached the first turn into our neighborhood, I noticed in the middle of the sidewalk, was a dark blue backpacks with a neon orange pocket. Sure enough it was Carson’s. I picked it up and laughed at the thought of what made him drop his backpack. As I finished walking behind him, he never looked back to see if I had picked it up, he must have trusted me to notice his load and carry it for him. As I have thought about this I love this analogy for handing over our problems to the Lord. We are always so cautious, as if he doesn’t know that what we are going through. He knows if it’s our first day of kindergarten, or if we are trying to juggle a bunch of stuff at home. Regardless our load, we can drop it, right now, and trust the Lord to pick it up. We don’t need to even look back, we can just move forward, working hard to get home, even in the burning heat of tribulation.
“Seek heavenly guidance one day at a time. Life by the yard is hard; by the inch it’s a cinch. Each of us can be true for just one day—and then one more and then one more after that—until we’ve lived a lifetime guided by the Spirit, a lifetime close to the Lord, a lifetime of good deeds and righteousness. The Savior promised, “Look unto me, and endure to the end, and ye shall live; for unto him that endureth to the end will I give eternal life.” -Thomas S. Monson
-Sherri Jorgensen
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