This blog is to share my thoughts on Home as a Holy Place. Twenty-five years of marriage and children have brought many adventures that teach me daily home can be sacred ground. Wherever we seek Christ and whenever He reaches into our lives the holiness begins.

On Being Willing

It is that time of year when the to do list is much longer than the hours in the day.  Our desires are great and it is overwhelming.   Some time ago, one of my daughters pinned this to her shirt:


What an incredibly powerful declaration:  "If you need help.  I'll help you."  All the fast food, paper plates, and cleaning companies can't match the power of the kind of help on that badge.  All the aid in the world can't match the power of the willing soul.  It brings me to tears every time I see it.  Her offering was the greatest present of all. 

Surely the Lord feels that way about us.  If we need help, and we do, then He will help.  He is anxious and willing and says so in Doctrine and Covenants 84:88, "I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up."

And conversely can the Lord count on my help?  Am I willing?  Can I say, "if you need help. I'll help you"?  However clumsy and misspelled my help is, can I show my love by feeding His sheep? 

Thank you sweet daughter for opening my eyes and heart this season with your simple and willing desire to bless my life.
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