The Prime of Our Youth!

As of last Sunday my brother, Rusty got called to serve as the Young Mens president of our ward. I would have been excited for him anyways, but I'm even more excited because I'm the Young Womens president, and that means that I will get to work right along side my brother! :) I was called as the YW president in August of last year. My mouth hit the floor and I couldn't believe that I was being called because I had never heard of a single sister being called as the president. Once I understood what he was saying, I felt mounds of inadequacies surround me. I then knew that I had to rely on the Lord that obviously he was aware of something I wasn't.

It's now been 6 months since I've received this calling and I can't believe how much it has changed my life. I've never felt so humbled, so called out about my own weaknesses (due to assessing myself), so helped and brought to the level I need to be in my entire life. I never thought I could love someone the way heavenly father loves someone. To see, act and feel personally his love for each of these girls. I'm in love with my calling, I'm in love with these girls and all the things they bring into my life. I couldn't imagine myself without the growth that these girls and my fellow counselors have afforded me. I have so much fun it hardly feels like a calling. This past Wednesday we did Just Dance 2 on the nintendo Wii, which the youth had an absolute blast, and the attendance was up more than it has been in a long time. I'm just over-whelmed by the fact and knowledge of how much Heavenly Father cares for these youth and allows me to see and feel of his love for them. I feel so unworthy to be in this calling, and yet I'm so very thankful that for some reason I'm being allowed to witness all of these fantastic events. I'm so grateful my heavenly father loves me enough to show me so many of life's lessons! :)

How blessed we all are!

Time for 2011!

I think of the movie Ghost when I hear that song about time. "Time goes by so slowly, and time can do so much." With another year passing it seems like there is no stopping the clock. I kind of feel some panic that I might not accomplish all I need to. The minutes slip into hours and the hours fast forward into days which leads to weeks and then to months which speed into years. How precious our time on earth is. I look at all the people around me and I can't help but think of the things they have done with their time. Some have done adequate amount of things, some have not been so ambitious. I sincerely hope I'll be able to sufficiently use my time to allow opportunities to open for me. To press forward and allow myself to grow and learn all that I need to. To be in situations that allow me to learn new material.
The past several months I've observed people of all stages of life and have checked their mentality. Things that are important to them, the things that they don't care about any longer, the things that make them happy, sad, lonely, accomplished, defeated, etc. In observing them and how they might feel in situations, I've come to see how fast the cycle of life is. It seems like yesterday I was a shy timid little girl, and yet years have gone on and I'm an adult of my very own. My siblings have families of their own, my young parents are now grandparents, my grandparents are now older, and some have passed on. Time is so valuable! I see the loneliness they battle when I visit, and my heart hurts every time I leave them because I don't like them feeling that way. My parents house that was once the cause of much chaos and noise is now very quiet without the rest of us.
I think we all take for granted the time we've been given and don't use it sufficiently. We all think we will always have the time to do as we want, and that not today, but tomorrow I'll do it. Well what if tomorrow is too late? I just feel like for me, I need to manage my time more efficiently. Expand my mind on a greater scale, love on new levels, and have great adventures exploring the fun facts of life! I think that is the greatest resolution I have for myself this year.
Hope you all had a great 2010 and an even GREATER 2011!!! Cheers to a new year of learning and growing into who we need to be!

Ps. Another aunt moment... After the flu has violently been spread around my sister's home, my 5 year old niece says "Lydia, I think my belly is mad at me" hahaha She is too dang cute!