Lifting Burdens....

Some days I think that the hardest part of a Relief Society President's call is to see and know that her sister's are struggling, having heartache, facing challenges, and to feel so helpless.  It's worse knowing that for the few of these I know of, there are probably so many more hidden heartaches that I don't know of.  I know how many things I keep to myself, how many times I have struggled with keeping a smile on my face so that no one would know that challenge I was facing.  Maybe if we could see into each others hearts, we would truly know how much we all really do have in common.
 So, how does she do it?  How does the Relief Society President meet those needs?  Can she?  Some people want you to be there for everything and it feels most of the time you are letting them down as you chase through your own crazy life--others don't want to share at all.  It is hard to find the balance, hard to know when to reach out, or even how to reach out.  Revelation from the spirit becomes key, and keeping the spirit to gain that revelation is a constant challenge in itself in our busy lives.  Of course, a lot of it comes back to our need for visiting teaching, for those sisters to prayer for those they are called to serve and to gain that guidance as to how to act and report back to the President when needed.
I watch my kids and dread the challenges they will face in life and then try to have courage and faith that in the end the burden will be blessing, their testimony stronger, their faith tried and true, and I feel the same for each of you in all that you face.  I truly love you all and wish for your happiness, worry when you are missing, want to know what to do to help when you struggle, and most often feel like I never get enough done for all that I could be trying to do for.

I love this little clip from lds.org and thought it was very fitting for today and hope you like it too!

http://lds.org/pages/lifting-burdens?lang=eng (Click on the link for the video)