Sabbath Day Reflections

Church just flew by for me today for some reason and I found the talks especially good so I wanted to jot down a few notes somewhere so I can reflect and not forget. I chose here. So here it goes...my thoughts are in ( ).

The bishop talked about being in a sailboat with his wife and having it tip over out in the ocean. He expressed how his hat he liked and his sunglasses, etc...didn't cross his mind and that all he could think of was his wife and her safety. (I know I get too comfortable/in a rut and get caught up in the things of the world so this was a good reminder to try and remember what really matters at the end of the day.)

Another speaker discussed how she needs glasses to see clearly and without them things are blurry. What really stuck out to me was when she said that our glasses can only makes things clearer when we use them and don't do us any good sitting on the table. She likened this to our scriptures...(Need I say more? A really great analogy that I need to hang on to.)

Next a man talked about living the way we pray. He read a poem that was basically someone praying for others safetly and happiness, etc...then going forth in his regular day and then ending back again at night saying his prayers. The question in the poem to the man praying was basically what did you do today to help others feel happy, safe, etc. Did you wipe any one's tears? Did you visit your sick neighbor? (Yeah.) The next point he put out there was how we'll recognize and even say out loud things like "I'm really bad about reading the scriptures" or "I've really slacked on my morning prayers" (I've said both more than a dozen times) and what I loved was that he said not to say you'll do better in the general future but to actually DO it that one day or night...that one time. (I totally know that if I look at things as a whole they can be overwhelming and just like 12 steps you need to do it one day at a time, but it's still so easy not to do it. So I really like that...so when I catch myself thinking or saying something like this again I hope to remember this talk and be like okay...I can do it now, or tonight, etc.)

Hope you all had a great Sabbath too! :D