"The myth we call perfection"

I think most of us spend too much time beating up on ourselves. We feel as though we are not perfect enough and compare ourselves with those people we think of as being perfect next door or down the street or at church. "We are not perfect if we do not have all the scriptures memorized, or have our Family History searched out back to Adam, or attend the temple weekly, or have two years food storage all neatly organized on shelves down the basement , or we don't have the perfect figure, or we don't serve well balanced meals every night and on time, or our homes don't look like a page out of Better Homes and Garden, or all our children don't bring home straight A's, or everyone in the family does not play a musical instrument, or run at least one marathon a year, or serve as Relief Society President all the while serving as P.T.A. President. O.K. I forgot, grinding our own wheat and making bread all by hand each morning before the family even gets out of bed, of course after we have jogged for 5 miles, showered and put on our makeup" Get the picture?

Ben and I listened again to a talk by John L. Lund entitled "The myth we call perfection" I love this talk because it reminds me that we are all on that road to perfection but still have a ways to go. We really should not be so hard on ourselves. If we were all perfect we would all be "taken up" and then who would be left behind to clean up the mess. I'm grateful for a reminder once in a while that tells me that we need not be perfect right now. We can't stop trying but lets stop kicking ourselves if we have not yet made it. In Dr. Lund's talk he tells us to be perfect in loving and I think that is a good start.

In Mark 14: 6 the Savior said "Let her alone" and in Mark 14: 8 he says: "She hath done what she could" In the story the Savior had forgiven a woman of her sins because she had repented but others murmured against her. If Christ can forgive us why can't we forgive ourselves? When we are told not to judge, it includes not judging ourselves. We may not have major sins to repent of but we can work on being better and at least try our best at what ever we are called to do.

I highly recommend this C.D. You can probably find it in the library. It will be well worth your time to listen to it. We had a chance to travel with John Lund and his wife Bonnie on several of our trips before we came on our mission and it was great to spend time with them. Every time I hear him talk I gain something new.

Boy can they build them

I took the easy way out last District meeting and brought the ingredients for the young missionaries to build their own sandwiches. It is amazing to see how creative some of them are. The Elders can down two of these without batting an eye and I think they could have gone for more if the supplies had not run out. It is really great to be appreciated even if it is only for filling their feed bags. Even after all of that they can still find room for dessert. They must all have hollow legs.