Sundays have always been a special day of the week for me. It\u2019s the one day I set aside work and outside activities and as much technology as I can and I use it as a day to refill my spiritual tank. I always attend church for three hours each Sunday (\u2026yes, you heard me correctly\u2026three hours\u2026). Then after church my family comes together for Sunday dinner and while we eat our dinner we always have a family discussion about what things we learned that day in church and we share thoughts we have about spiritual things.\u00a0 These dinners are always among my favorite moment of each week.<\/p>\n
Also on Sunday I spend a few minutes on personal study to read my scriptures, or read talks that can help fill up my spiritual tank as a way to prepare for the week of craziness and mayhem ahead. Doing these things on Sunday helps me reset my perspective regarding life\u2019s challenges.<\/p>\n
Today I was reading a talk by Boyd K. Packer that he gave clear back in 1978. In this talk he points out that:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
He goes on to state that if we \u201chave a good, miserable day once in a while, or several in a row, to stand steady and face them. Things will straighten out.<\/p>\n
There is great purpose in our struggle in life.<\/p>\n
There is great meaning in these words entitled \u201cThe Lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em>Yes, my fretting,<\/em><\/p>\n Frowning child,<\/em><\/p>\n I could cross<\/em><\/p>\n The room to you<\/em><\/p>\n More easily.<\/em><\/p>\n But I\u2019ve already<\/em><\/p>\n Learned to walk,<\/em><\/p>\n So I make you<\/em><\/p>\n Come to me.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Let go now<\/em><\/p>\n There!<\/em><\/p>\n You see?<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Oh, remember<\/em><\/p>\n This simple lesson,<\/em><\/p>\n Child,<\/em><\/p>\n And when<\/em><\/p>\n In later years<\/em><\/p>\n You cry out<\/em><\/p>\n With tight fists<\/em><\/p>\n And tears<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOh, help me,<\/em><\/p>\n God\u2014please.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Just listen<\/em><\/p>\n And you\u2019ll hear<\/em><\/p>\n A silent voice:<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI would, child,<\/em><\/p>\n I would.<\/em><\/p>\n But it\u2019s you,<\/em><\/p>\n Not I,<\/em><\/p>\n Who needs to try<\/em><\/p>\n Godhood.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n What a beautiful reminder that emotionally trying times are just a normal part of our growing process and there is no need to sink into a state of despair \u2013 we can stand steady and face them \u2013 and be at peace knowing that our Heavenly Father is very much aware of our trials. He hasn\u2019t abandoned us in our time of need. He is simply allowing us the room to grow.<\/p>\n Refill your spiritual tank and have a marvelous start to the week!<\/p>\n ~Amy Rees Anderson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sundays have always been a special day of the week for me. It\u2019s the one day I set aside work and outside activities and as much technology as I can and I use it as a day to refill my spiritual tank. I always attend church for three hours each Sunday (\u2026yes, you heard me […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[17171,17165,395,17168,500,46,870,17159,17170,224,163,17162,51,4700,17163,17160,55,276,629,17173,17167,764,38,35,53,17169,134,143,2296,7616,15061,17172,3446,27,112,17164,17157,17158,17161,149,6008,281,17166,11145],"class_list":["post-9078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-a-day-of-rest","tag-allowing-you-the-room-to-grow","tag-amy-rees-anderson","tag-an-eternal-perspecive","tag-appreciation","tag-attitude","tag-boyd-k-packer","tag-challenges-are-a-normal-part-of-life","tag-church-on-sunday","tag-confidence","tag-courage","tag-dont-feel-despair","tag-family","tag-family-time","tag-god-hasnt-abandoned-you","tag-god-is-allowing-you-to-grow","tag-happiness","tag-heavenly-father","tag-inspiration","tag-keep-the-sabbath-day-holy","tag-keep-things-in-perspective","tag-lds","tag-leadership","tag-love","tag-motivation","tag-personal-study-time","tag-perspective","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-recharge","tag-rejuvenate-your-soul","tag-rest-from-your-labors","tag-scriptures","tag-self-confidence","tag-self-improvement","tag-set-aside-a-day-for-recharging","tag-spiritual-gas-tank","tag-spiritual-tank","tag-state-of-despair","tag-success","tag-sunday-dinner","tag-trials","tag-www-lds-org","tag-you-are-not-alone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9080,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9078\/revisions\/9080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}