1. Lead, kindly Light,
amid th'encircling gloom;
Lead thou me on!
The night is dark, and
I am far from home;
Lead thou me on!
Keep thou my feet; I
do not ask to see
The distant scene--one
step enough for me.
2. I was not ever
thus, nor pray'd that thou
Shouldst lead me on.
I loved to choose and
see my path; but now,
Lead thou me on!
I loved the garish
day, and, spite of fears,
Pride ruled my will.
Remember not past years.
3. So long thy pow'r
hath blest me, sure it still
Will lead me on
O'er moor and fen,
o'er crag and torrent, till
The night is gone.
And with the morn
those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved
long since, and lost awhile
One step enough for
me.
One step has been MORE
than enough this past week.
I have found myself
drawing on strength that is not my own this week,
and I have been able
to do hard things. There were moments where I knew I needed to do something, or
I wanted to do something, but I FELT that I "couldn't."
But something told me that there was a way that I could. And I
would. So I did.
MATT 11:28-30
28 ¶Come unto me,
all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek
and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
In
Relief Society this past Sunday, a sister explained how this scripture worked
in her mind. She likened our burdens to a piece of hard toast ("I love
poached eggs," she explained). The Savior's grace is like a poached egg to
go on top of the toast. If we cover ourselves in that "yolk," if we
let it saturate our burdens, that toast isn't so hard anymore. It's not that
our piece of toast has the crusts cut off and gets sliced into neat 1/4 bits..
MOSIAH
24:15
15 And
now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren
were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear
up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience
to all the will of the Lord.
We
can receive the strength that we require to "bear up our burdens with
ease." If there's any truth that I've come to this past week, it would be
this.
“Faith, to be faith,
must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go
beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go
into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and
then a few steps into the darkness" - Boyd K. Packer
Random Bits:
-I turned 21?
-I learned how to
arrange flowers (kind of)
-I had bison burgers
for the first time (me gusta)
-I went to the
dentist!
xo, Sister Bush
