God’s Hand Part 3

Lando:

Has been praying for specific help, and he says he feels like God has been answering him. He’s been able to work through a situation that is sometimes tricky. 

Becs:

I felt my mind was super sharp the last couple of days. I had a lot of various things going on and even this morning I had things brought to my minds that I hadn’t thought about for weeks, but that I needed to do today. Like write a check to someone, or reschedule an appointment. I felt like it was the spirit helping me. 

Jaxson:

Jax was asked, as the Teacher Quorum Advisor, to partially lead the fifth Sunday today. He and Maren did a great job!! When I asked Jaxson how he saw Gods hand in his life this week he said he felt like God gave him confidence to do it. And truthfully they did an amazing job. 

Tyler:

Man, Ty and I had a moment on Friday. We were both stressed and had low blood sugar and I snapped. Ugh! But he was the one to turn back to me first. It took us some time to say sorry to each other but he came to me and started telling me about his day and softening the water. That’s a super mature and miracle thing to do. He’s truly great as using the Atonement of Jesus Christ. 

Luke:

I’m watching God help Luke learn to control his emotions. Obviously he has a way to go but man, he is getting better. Also he’s getting better at his step back. Love that kid 

Brigham: 

I saw Gods hand in his life as he jumped in the water and got his head all the way down, FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! The timing is amazing! And I’m so proud of him. Also he and Lando and Luke and Ty went to AZ on Friday. And his brave weepy face as he said goodbye to me is something I’ll never forget! 

God's Hand Part 2

 It has been interesting watching my boys try and express ways they have seen God's hand in their life. They can't. And I find that I sometimes have a hard time teaching them what it looks like. So I am looking forward to what this might look like. 

Lando: 

I asked Lando how he say God this week and he said "when you served me this morning." I told him to give me another one haha, recency bias. So then he said, "I woke up with Jax a couple times even though I was really tired. I prayed that I’d be able to do that. And it felt really fulfilling to have done it." My heart. I love him. Our boys are so lucky. 

Becs: 

I think it's really easy for me to see God the most in my life in my calling. And I think that's because I involve Him the most in my calling. And I think that is a problem. I do think I am WAY better at involving Him in every day life, but still for some reason, I him way more in my calling. Today I had a pretty long day with my calling. Landon had the priests over for mission prep at 8:00am, so I got up at 6:30 to start prepping breakfast and get ready for my meetings. Bishop and I had spent a lot of time discussing the week before about 5th Sunday and then my class president and I spent some time prepping for Ward Youth Council this week. This was my Sunday in meetings: 

8:00am Mission Prep (really lando) 
9:00am Ward Youth Council 
10:00am Class Presidency Meeting 
11:30 Church 
2:00 Linger Longer 
3:30 Girls Camp Meeting 
7:00 Temple Prep
8:00 Sauna with the YW and YM

At one point I was making copies and late to a meeting and it was frustrating and I audibly prayed out loud to God for help in that moment. And as I am writing this, I think I need to get better at doing that in my life. During my mom moments and tired moments and becca moments. So I see God give me so many answers when it comes to my calling and I honestly think its partially because I put more prayer into those moments. 

Jax:
Jaxson said his moment he saw God was after the campout he was so exhausted. But he said that he felt like God helped him through the rest of the day on Saturday (BYU winning also helped) and then all of today during his church responsibilities God help him be present and awake. I would say a moment I saw God working through Jesus was through the way Jaxson treats people. He is so kind and patient with his brothers and he is so kind to people in all areas of his life. 

Ty: 
Ty was playing on his scooter yesterday and trying to do some tricks. He said he heard a voice tell him to stop or hed get hurt. But then he wanted to keep going. But then he remembered a talk he had just heard and decided to stop. He said that he thought it was God protecting Him. 

Luke: 
I wasn't able to ask Luke how he saw God in his life this week. But I did notice that Luke is getting better at controlling his emotions during basketball games. Certainly it helped that BYU won both times this week. But they were close games and Luke only had a half dozen melt downs. We did check all the boys out for the BYU game and it was so happy. Its been the best week :). 

Brigs: 
I honestly think Brigs is constantly protected by God. His is so independent. He wakes up at the crack of dawn and makes himself breakfast. He'll make himself a shake and he always tells me "I am getting better at making things."  He runs outside all the time and he just explores and pushes boundaries and I'm pretty sure God protects him daily. The one thing Brigs is really nervous by, okay there are two. Darkness and Water.  

Gods Hand Part 1

 Today in my presidency meeting, one of the young women leaders mentioned shifting peach and pit to “how we saw Gods hand in their life this week.” If felt so simple. 

I wondered what that would look like if I did that with my blog this year…. It’s a little late into the year, but I think I’ll try it starting next week. I’ll probably just tell all the people in my family to find one thing to report back on. And write it here. 

For this week, this is what I saw! 

Landon didn’t have to work on Wednesday, which was almost my blessing more than his. 

Luke cried during Jaxson’s basketball game, and cried hard when they lost. Jax looked over at Luke with 8 seconds left and saw him crying. And it made Jaxson cry. I see God forming bonds between my boys. 

Jaxson’s teammate had a hard game today and Jax had the most beautiful convo with him. 

Ty drew Jesus during sacrament meeting, and it was so sweet and intentional. He also gave the most beautiful FHE. We were all a little tired and emotions were running high and then suddenly Ty was reading the scripture “serve God with all your heart, might, mind and strength.” And on his own, he asked “what does it mean to serve Him with all your heart?” Etc 

Brigs, I see Gods hand every day when Brigham is still alive at the end of the day. Also I saw Gods hand in Briggy having a friend in Clara :). 

We will see how this goes :)

Also Gods hand when Porter came and protected our home from fire danger. 

Talking to Ashley and having her give me a nudge to get the slug off the window for Briggy.