One Moment

{The lights at Temple Square on Sunday, December 23rd. Photo by Kelly.}

One of the words I considered for this year was moment. After reading Gift from the Sea for book club in December, I felt like I needed to work on living in the moment, enjoying even small moments, and remembering moments of peace and truth. Although it isn't the word I chose to focus on, I hope to ACT on the moments that come to me through the year.

This post is an ACTion, to help me remember a moment of strength and peace that came to me last Sunday.

Having been released from Primary, I struggled to find my way to Relief Society. Not because I don't know where they meet, I do. And not because I don't know anyone, most of the women in there are my friends. But-

I have served in Primary or Young Women's for almost 7 years now, and for 12 of the last 16 years- Relief Society is not a place I feel "at home." And not only did I have to attend Relief Society, but I was also called as a Relief Society teacher. (That means adults- I have to teach adults!?@#*!) So, it was with a heavy heart that I sat by myself on the front row of Relief Society on Sunday.

note: My friend, Pam, did come sit with me after she noticed I was alone. And I do have to say, the soft chairs are a nice improvement over the little plastic chairs in Primary. But I digress-

What I want to remember is this: As we sang the opening hymn, the words resonated in my soul.

But if, by a still, small voice he calls
To paths that I do not know,
I'll answer, dear Lord, with my hand in thine:
I'll go where you want me to go...
I'll say what you want me to say, dear Lord;
I'll be what you want me to be.
(Hymns, no. 270)

Although I have been a member of the Relief Society since I was eighteen, it is a place that is unfamiliar and even scary for me. But, I have been called down this unknown path and in that sweet moment of song, I was given a gift of strength and faith that I could go there, to Relief Society, and say the things the Lord would have me say and be the woman of faith and service that he needs me to be. It was a moment worth remembering.