My mother is 90 years old and is in need of quite a lot of care and so I spend as much time with her as I can. She is such a strong and courageous woman who is slowly losing her identity through dementia and that is hard to come to terms with, losing your mother, while she still in her earthly existence. I think it is harder to have her here in body and have what makes her the sweet women she is lost somewhere in her mind. I also lost a dear niece in October, the same age as one of my daughters, and am feeling that great void that losing a loved one brings. However, I know that through our Savior, and His loving example and atonement I can feel His spirit wherever or whenever it is needed and I know that we will all be together again some day. Amy Grant has a song with the lyrics that are something like this... “lay down your burden. I will carry you, I will carry you, my child, my child”. I know He has carried me more often than I realize and the only way I can show Him my love and gratitude is to “make room” in my life for His love and to continue to follow and serve Him by perhaps making others burdens a little less.
Thanks again, I cannot begin to tell you how much your beautiful words and that wonderful video have comforted me and made me ponder if I really have made enough effort in making “room” for Him.
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