The Parable of the Iron

I was ironing one Sunday trying to get my five kids ready for church and my iron refused to produce any steam. I was getting increasingly frustrated as I tried to get out some stubborn wrinkles without the help of the steam. Suddenly I realized my iron wasn't broken, I had just forgotten to put in the water! After filling the iron with water I continued ironing with much better success. As I did this I thought about how sometimes I feel like I'm running out of steam. Many times I have felt like maybe I was broken when really I had just forgotten to fill up on the living water of the gospel. Filing up on the gospel can reenergize our spirits and help smooth out the stubborn wrinkles in life. This blog is dedicated to providing a little daily water to those who are running out of steam!

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Which way to go

My four year old daughter is attending preschool and learning a lot of new things all the time.  She approached me one day and lifted up her foot.  She then asked me, "Is this my right foot?"  I was impressed that she had gotten this right and told her so.  Then she lifted  up her other foot and asked "So is this my wrong foot?"

Sometimes in our efforts to navigate through life it can be difficult to discern what the right and wrong path is for our lives.  Some decisions are more like trying to decide between right and left than right and wrong.  Because of this it is important that we turn to our Heavenly Father and ask Him "Is this right."