Blessings from Serving the Lord, Jesus Christ

For the past 3.5 years, I have been serving in a calling in my church that works with girls 12-18 years old.  This includes finding ways to help each young lady come to know the Savior and be more like him by teaching gospel lessons on Sunday,  providing activities on Tuesdays and also praying and worrying about how to help each individual girl.  Though very tiring at times,  and sometimes difficult on my family  (especially my good husband who takes care of my children during this time), I have seen many blessings come from serving my Savior, Jesus Christ.

1.   My testimony of the Savior and his gospel has been strengthened immensely.

2.   My family has been blessed in many ways. 

 My husband has gained a special relationship with our two year old daughter.

My children have realized that they have to help out and do their part.

Getting to work with my own daughter in this group, I have had the opportunity to watch her testimony of the gospel grow.

 My husband has more compassion for what I go through as a mother.

I have gained more admiration for my husband who does so much to help our family. 

3.  I have learned to recognize the promptings of the Holy Ghost so much better than before.

 4. I have had an open mind to be able to learn and do more than I ever could without  serving the Lord.

Many times I have noticed that I have been able to do things in a shorter amount of time than it usually would have taken.

I have had so much help with my college classes, and been able to write papers so much better than I ever could have on my own.  (My talent has never been with writing papers and being able to pull things together very well.)  However, when I was writing my Literature Review for an action research project, I felt my Heavenly Father's help in pulling this together.  Though it still took a lot of time and work, I can't even imagine the time it would have taken without the help of a loving Heavenly Father guiding me along the way.

  

5.  I have been blessed to have the strength and energy to still be able to have the time to take care of my family even though my time is limited.

    

I am so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father and my Saviour, Jesus Christ for giving me opportunities to serve and see the blessings that come to my life and the lives of others because of this service.  Nothing can compare to the joy that I feel when serving  the Lord.  This joy (which includes raising my own children in the gospel) is greater than any worldly accomplishment I have achieved or will ever achieve.