Father knows best
A few years ago I was released from a calling that just about kicked my rear. It was challenging to say the least and stretched me in ways that I never could have imagined. It was a calling that I really did NOT want to accept but submitted my will and gave it my very best effort the entire time I held it. At the end of that time I felt really good about the work I had done. So I thought I deserved (as a reward of sorts) that maybe it would be okay if I asked Heavenly Father to give me a calling I wanted now that I was done. I had a conversation with him something like this: "Heavenly Father, don't you think it would be cool if I was put in young women since I have two girls in young women?" I worked in the young women program for 17 years before Jensen (our oldest daughter) was a part of it. SEVENTEEN years is a long time and none of that time or energy had benefited my own girls. I thought it would be cool if he answered my prayerful request by inspiring m