Write at the Heart

There was no burning bush.  But like Moses, the Lord had asked me to do something I was NOT looking for or particularly wanting to do… ever. UNLIKE Moses, I was not asked to, ya know, bring the Israelites out of bondage. I was asked to fulfill a church calling. But LIKE Moses, I was apprehensive. Ok, I was terrified. Just as Moses asked, “Who am I that I should go unto Pharoah, & that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?” (Ex. 3:11), I agonizingly wrote in my journal: “What do I have to offer? What does the Lord see in me? What do I bring to the table here?” And UNLIKE Moses, I cried about it for days. Maybe he did though… 🤔😉 And LIKE Moses, who brought up the reasons why he WOULDN’T be good at this, “They will not believe me” (4:1) “O my Lord, I am not eloquent… I am slow of speech, & of a slow tongue” (10), I also thought of EVERY reason why I’d be bad at my new calling. But LIKE Moses, the Lord reassured me, “Certainly I will be with thee” (3:12) And I

 Go go go Joseph! 🎶 I grew up to the soundtrack of Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat- Any dream will do… Those Canaan days… Close every door… ahhh, musical gold!!  I know every word! But as I studied the story in Genesis these last couple weeks, I was like: WHY did I not know every word in the ACTUAL story? It’s EVEN BETTER. REASONS WHY JOSEPH IS AWESOME: -“The Lord was with him” (Gen 39:1, 3, 21, 23) & others could SEE that & trusted him! -FLEES from Potiphar’s wife! (39:12) -Turned to God again & again, even after being enslaved & then imprisoned. “Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?” (40:38) -He is kind! Ya know, the butler & baker would never have told him their crazy dreams if he hadn’t noticed “they were sad” (7) & asked them WHY? Being in prison at THAT time with THOSE people & caring enough to ask WHY THEY WERE SAD directly led to him ruling in Egypt & saving his family & countless others! -Giv

Recently I was at the temple with my husband doing sealings. It had been awhile & I kept getting flashes of a feeling throughout. What IS that feeling? I wondered. Then it hit me- Coming Home. Beautiful familiarity, security, belonging, peace. Even those words don’t quite hit on what I felt. And then when the sealer mentioned "Abraham, Isaac, & Jacob" my ears perked up & in light of my recent studies, I wanted to say excitedly, "I KNOW THEM!!" Cause I feel like I kinda do, really, for the first time in my life. And then when I carefully folded my sacred & symbolic temple clothing, I felt a rush of connection with ancient Israel! Their worship, my worship. Their covenants, my covenants. Their God, my God. With Sarah, who waited so so long to see promises fulfilled, but rejoiced knowing they were coming.  With Hagar, who wanted to be seen, & God saw her! With Rebekah, who said I WILL GO. Who inquired of the Lord & to whom the true birthright of