Season of Life

For a while now I have been wanting to go to the temple and be able to serve more in the ward and do everything that I am supposed to do in this life...BUT it gets too impossible all at once.  I have talked to my bishop about feeling terrible about not getting to the temple like I need to or doing all of these things and the article that I found helped me sum up what he said.

http://lds.org/ensign/1992/07/seasons-of-life?lang=eng&query=seasons+life

This is my favorite part...

A Time to Every Purpose

Not all things are possible in all seasons. During a temple recommend interview, a mother of two small children told her stake president of her desire to attend the temple more often. But time demands, distance, and expense had prevented her from attending as often as she desired. The stake president told her, “Maria, I know you love the temple and look forward to a time when you can go often. For now, go when you can, but remember that you serve in many other important areas. The time will come when you can attend as often as you wish.”

Through prayerful communication, each woman has the responsibility to find and follow her personal timetable. She sets priorities and follows gospel principles in different ways through the varying seasons of her life. A faithful woman knows that the Lord’s hand will guide her: “In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Prov. 3:6.)


This helped me out so much.  Just to know that my season of life right now as a mother,  and a wife is what I need to focus on now.  I need to be teaching my kids about the gospel and how to pray and who their Savior is, not how I need to be doing more service for other people and how I am doing a terrible job at everything else in the gospel.  I need to be serving my family right now, because heaven knows that is a more than full-time job already.  


I also read an article a while back in the Ensign and I cannot seem to find it now, but it basically said the same thing.  Don't get down on yourself for the things that cannot be done right now.  There is a season for everything. There will come a time when you will be able to go to the temple more, and give service to those who need it and those who don't.  We just need to remember the time of life we are in and focus on that.  My bishop also told me that if I have a current and up-to-date temple recommend...that is what matters that I am worthy to go, and have my heart in the right place to go. 


I am sure a lot of moms feel this way, so I hope this article helps.  With another baby on the way it may be a while before I get the chance to go to the temple. I hope that I can remember these words and not get so down about this.  I feel that I am doing the best that I can, and that I am bringing the gospel into our home that way that I should right now.  Sure we can all do better, and I will try. Satan will just work his way in if I get too down about all the things that I "NEED" to do, or "SHOULD" be doing. 


Let's try to keep our heads up and do the best that we can do...we have a very important job and mothers and women, so let's remember that!