a while ago, damon gave me a priesthood blessing. some of the things he specifically blessed me with were these:
- Blessing of comfort, peace, strength, and hope
- During school year, show love to family, show you care about them
- Strength from Heavenly Father to do things you need to do and help children grow, respond to their challenges
- Testimony grows
- Healthy and strong at birth
- Manage transition of new child
- Son will be a blessing
- Self improvement: set and meet goals, Lord will magnify your smallest efforts and He will help you
- Love and enthusiasm for gospel, be example to children and their friends, touch their lives and they will know you follow Jesus Christ.
the blessing was perfect.
a few circumstances regarding this blessing really stand out to me.
1. damon was giving the children blessings and gave me one as a casual afterthought.
2. while i record (with pencil and paper) my children’s significant blessings, i’ve never kept written record of one of mine. i asked ellison to be the scribe for this particular blessing- again as an afterthought. i typed up ellison’s handwritten notes into a word document the day after this blessing was given. and i copied and pasted the exact wording that ellison wrote down into this post- not one single word was changed.
3. this blessing was given on september 20, 2009.
3 weeks before calvin died.
in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
just getting caught up on your posts.
ReplyDeletei have a matching scripture cover with the burgandy/forest green floral bonanza.
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but this post: b e a u t i f u l
It's amazing how the Spirit nudges us to do such small things that end up meaning something so major to us later. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteLove that you thought to have Ellison write it down. Awesome.
ReplyDeletei remember you reading this at convention. there are probably a lot of things in my life i wish i had recorded or taken better notice of in hindsight. what a strength in the hard times to come.
ReplyDeletemrs. t: i can totally picture that scripture case. i hope it is still in use. if it makes you feel any better, i am still using the set of scriptures that my h.s. boyfriend gifted me 18 years ago.
ReplyDeletebrooke- what "hard times to come" are you talking about? you mean there's more?