“The perfect place to begin is exactly where you are right now. It doesn’t matter how unqualified you may think you are or how far behind others you may feel. The very moment you begin to seek your Heavenly Father, in that moment, the hope of His light will begin to awaken, enliven, and ennoble your soul.”- President Uchtdorf
It has been an interesting day. The office was busy the whole time I was there with phone calls from new freshman, but I love it. I work for Freshman Mentoring at BYU. I love my job. I love my co-workers and my supervisors. I love the freshman. It is again amazing to see how Heavenly Father knows exactly what you need when you need it. I have become a completely different person through Freshman Mentoring. I will need to reflect on that in another post (if you are a mentor, you will get the irony).
Sometimes at work, I feel inadequate. I also feel inadequate during other times, but today in particularly I felt inadequate. I had been answering phones for a couple of hours and I felt exhausted. I did not sleep well last night because of a fun sunburn that I got from being at 7 Peaks for 5 hours on Saturday, so I had license to be tired. I looked around the office at all these wonderful mentors who were doing such a wonderful job at what they were doing. How could I even measure up to them? I have been a mentor for a year and each day I still feel that I learn something new. It is crazy.
So the quote that I listed above came to mind. In my last post I talked about how much I have grown in my relationship with my Heavenly Father. I knew that I could count on Him to answer my prayers. So I got through work and went to class. Then I came back to work to cover for a wonderful friend that I have. As I was answering phones, I had one person who thanked me for helping them. I probably had more than that, but this one stood out. It made me feel like a better mentor. Prayers are answered. I know they are. The moment that you are willing to take a centimeter towards God, He will come the rest of the way. I know this to be true.
This is my life.
Come what may and love it!
It has been an interesting day. The office was busy the whole time I was there with phone calls from new freshman, but I love it. I work for Freshman Mentoring at BYU. I love my job. I love my co-workers and my supervisors. I love the freshman. It is again amazing to see how Heavenly Father knows exactly what you need when you need it. I have become a completely different person through Freshman Mentoring. I will need to reflect on that in another post (if you are a mentor, you will get the irony).
Sometimes at work, I feel inadequate. I also feel inadequate during other times, but today in particularly I felt inadequate. I had been answering phones for a couple of hours and I felt exhausted. I did not sleep well last night because of a fun sunburn that I got from being at 7 Peaks for 5 hours on Saturday, so I had license to be tired. I looked around the office at all these wonderful mentors who were doing such a wonderful job at what they were doing. How could I even measure up to them? I have been a mentor for a year and each day I still feel that I learn something new. It is crazy.
So the quote that I listed above came to mind. In my last post I talked about how much I have grown in my relationship with my Heavenly Father. I knew that I could count on Him to answer my prayers. So I got through work and went to class. Then I came back to work to cover for a wonderful friend that I have. As I was answering phones, I had one person who thanked me for helping them. I probably had more than that, but this one stood out. It made me feel like a better mentor. Prayers are answered. I know they are. The moment that you are willing to take a centimeter towards God, He will come the rest of the way. I know this to be true.
This is my life.
Come what may and love it!
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