A journey back in time

Sunday I gave a lesson to the singles ward on Visiting Teaching. It has been a while since I thought about my childhood. I shared with the young sisters about being raised in a family were I was taught at a very young age that I was born into an evil descend. Because of my father I was destine to be evil and there was nothing I could do to change that. Now she wasn't being mean to me she truely thought that.

When I got married and starting having children, I was very concerned for my children that they would also have this same curse. When my husband and I joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints I felt so good inside I had never experianced such a wondrful feeling I wasn't even sure what I was Feeling I just knew it felt good.

Doug and I became inactive in this church because my husband wasn't quite sure he believed all of its teachings. And I felt I was and evil person inside so it didn't matter. During this time I received visiting teachers and I was a visiting teacher also, for about 8 years. Sometimes I didn't answer the door when my visitng teachers came and some times when I was suppose to go visiting teaching I wouldn't show. But when I did it felt wonderful. I love this feeling. Then one day I was invited to a VT conference where we were served lunch to say thank you for going and doing our visiting teaching. At this conference everyone was handed their new visiting teaching routes, which I didn't get one.

I became so emotion that I got up and went to the bathroom, I was crying uncontrollably someone heard me and told the young lady who I rode with that I was in the rest room crying.

We both had an epiphany that day. I felt like my only connection with the Lord was being taken away from me, I felt lost and alone. Of course the sister that was in charge was amazed that visiting teaching meant so much to me. I love visiting teaching and the all the sisters who loved me and brought me lessons and just loved me for who I was, I am thankful for that great lesson I learned about visiting teaching that day.

What a great program the church has for helping us learn more about each other and to help others come unto Christ. Just remember when your visiting some inactive sister, she needs you to be loving and kind towards her you may be what she needs to come unto christ. We are the ones that that help the Lord bless the lives of others if we are listening.