Conflicting day

This morning started off rough, with Tyler needing ironing lessons (where did I place that patience I know I left laying around here somewhere??), Logan "hating" his clothes & refusing to put them on, Jordan not being able to find his church shoes & having seemingly grown a few inches since last Sunday when his pants actually fit him, & Hayleah's clothes having to be changed 3 times before we even made it to the car. She decided it would be a good time to dump a bottle of shampoo on the carpet & her dress just before we needed to leave.

While changing her, I managed to get some on myself but I didn't realize this until after Sacrament meeting. Fun stuff!

Sacrament meeting was a blast, too. There were a few moments where things were sketchy & kids had to be removed out into the hallway because of having a loud fit about different things at the same time. It's days like this that make me appreciate having my husband at church even more. Today was not one of those days he was able to be there, though.

I spent the majority of Sharing Time sitting with Logan a few chairs in front of me. He kept trying to talk to the Primary Pres. while she was trying to do her lesson with the kids. He must have asked her "guess what?" at least 20 times in the 15-20 min. she was up there. LOL He even got mad & huffy when he didn't manage to get his full sentence out, after she stopped ignoring him for a moment, before she answered him with something a little too patronizing for his taste. I tried not to laugh at his reaction....he's such a little person with a real need to be heard & it wasn't funny, but it was very cute to see him show his displeasure without expressing his dislike for that person. He tends to be very verbal & honest about his feelings, which is a good thing most of the time. Not so much in this circumstance, though, so I'm glad he kept it to himself.

After Sharing Time, I managed to steal out of Sunbeams about half way through without any tears, which was a very nice surprise. This is when things started looking up for me. Like I said, the start of the day was rougher than most, so I wasn't expecting much. But I'm glad I was surprised with the opportunity to go to part of Relief Society.

The lesson was on the talk Testimony as a Process. Some of the things talked about were how one sister was told she would hear the promptings of the Spirit through what she heard in talks in General Conference (this was told to her through her Patriarchal Blessing....it reminds me to get mine out & read it again!) & how we should always read with the intent to listen to the Spirit. I've heard we should pray before reading the Scriptures, but was told today it's important to pray again after we have finished reading, as well as have a pen & paper handy to write down any promptings we receive while reading.

One thing in particular that struck me is that we need to pray to know how we will best be able to hear the Spirit. That it's different for everyone & if we don't know how to listen, there will be much we will miss.

Overall, the day wound up being really good. It's nice to see a rough day turn smooth with the opportunity to discuss gospel-related topics with faithful sisters. I'm going to really miss this ward when we finally start attending our new one.