Thursday, October 6, 2011

I feel very supported and I am so grateful.

Since receiving my new responsibilities in Relief Society, I've felt really overwhelmed with a huge list of Relief Society members that no one knows. I've lost a lot of sleep trying to figure out how to get to know them and their needs. The quantity of them seemed almost suffocating. Tonight we decided to have RS members go visit those members and invite them out. While planning this activity, my biggest concern was that no one would want to come help me. If I was in their shoes, I probably wouldn't want to do it:) Today as I was preparing, I kept thinking... what if no one shows but my presidency? Then this afternoon I started getting emails from sisters. They were apologizing for other commitments but asking for names that they could visit on their own time. They said how much they supported this activity and wanted to help in anyway they could. Then when I got to church tonight I was humbled by the desires of the sisters to take not just one name but multiple names. The stack has dwindled from a dinning room table full of names to a small stack. There is a quote by Marvin J. Ashton that says, "Satan wants us to feel unequal to our worldly tasks." Since accepting these responsibilities in RS, I've very much felt unequal to these tasks. However, tonight I realized that I have many sister willing to help carry the load. I am grateful for their goodness.

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