You Can’t be Right by Doing Wrong
This past Sunday we had Ward Conference at Church. That meant that the Stake Presidency and the Bishopric spoke to us all day. It was great. So much good comes from the leaders of this Church. I absolutely love my new Bishopric. They are amazing men. And their wives are just as great. The Bishop's wife spoke to us during third hour. She told an amazing story that Ann Voskamp, the author of 1000 Gifts shared on her blog the other day. I had never heard of Ann Voskamp before this, and after hearing the story it encouraged me to rethink my life and the blessings I have. The story goes like this: Ann's kids were working on their science homework. They were trying to grasp the concept of air, and they were having trouble comprehending it, so they did an experiment that the science book suggested. It told them to fill a bowl with water, and then take an empty glass cup, place it upside down in the bowl and see what happened. To their surprise, the cup did not fill with water. This was because it was already full of air.
We have all heard the phrase "Do you see the glass half full or half empty?" With the lesson of the cup in the bowl of water, we see that a cup is always right full. It may only be half full of water, but the rest of the cup is full of air. The cup is ALWAYS right full. I think that is such an important lesson in our lives. So many times I look at only the things I can see and say I am thankful for them- like my house, job, or family. But I forget to remember the ones that are less obvious and always there, even when they play such an important role in my life, such as the Holy Ghost, the Atonement of Christ, and the service of others. I feel like the ones I don't see so blatantly are the ones I am most dependent on.
Another thought that my Bishopric left us with after conference was how this world is not very spiritually friendly. We really have to go out of our way to feel the Spirit and receive revelation. This was a good reminder, especially this weekend, because my laptop just broke and I have been technologically stunted all week. It has been terrible, and yet it has allowed me to think a lot. I realized I have been very surrounded by the world, and that has been affecting me a lot. It has been nice to get a break from the world and get to know myself and my Savior once more. I encourage everyone to stop looking at the glass of their lives as only half full or half empty. Remember we have so much more in our lives than we can even ever begin to say thank you for, so you'd better get started now rather than later.
We have all heard the phrase "Do you see the glass half full or half empty?" With the lesson of the cup in the bowl of water, we see that a cup is always right full. It may only be half full of water, but the rest of the cup is full of air. The cup is ALWAYS right full. I think that is such an important lesson in our lives. So many times I look at only the things I can see and say I am thankful for them- like my house, job, or family. But I forget to remember the ones that are less obvious and always there, even when they play such an important role in my life, such as the Holy Ghost, the Atonement of Christ, and the service of others. I feel like the ones I don't see so blatantly are the ones I am most dependent on.
Another thought that my Bishopric left us with after conference was how this world is not very spiritually friendly. We really have to go out of our way to feel the Spirit and receive revelation. This was a good reminder, especially this weekend, because my laptop just broke and I have been technologically stunted all week. It has been terrible, and yet it has allowed me to think a lot. I realized I have been very surrounded by the world, and that has been affecting me a lot. It has been nice to get a break from the world and get to know myself and my Savior once more. I encourage everyone to stop looking at the glass of their lives as only half full or half empty. Remember we have so much more in our lives than we can even ever begin to say thank you for, so you'd better get started now rather than later.
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