eternal life? check. sense of humor? check, check...
i have long suspected that the Lord has a very keen sense of humor. how else do you explain marriage, children after 35, or gym memberships. but His is not your classic sitcom sense of humor, laugh track provided so you'll know what's funny and when to laugh. no, the Lords brand of humor is a little more subtle. and like british humor not everyone will get it or even appreciate it. fortunately i get it. and slowly i am coming to appreciate it.
this past week, after a four year run, i was released from my position as laurel advisor and was immediately called to....wait for it...gospel doctrine teacher!!!! see! funny, funny, funny. (it's either good sense of humor or lapse of judgement...and since He is all omnipotent i'm going with humor!)
i never assign labels to my posts, but i'm thinking there are few catagories that this post might fall under...
IRONY: i don't think i've been to sunday school more than a dozen times this whole year!
LOOPHOLES: free agency notwithstanding, i think if you read the fine print i'm pretty sure it'll say something to the effect that the Lord retains the right to compell us to self-improvement despite our best efforts to the contrary.
MORMON OXYMORONS: free agency, (reference LOOPHOLES). sabbath day rest. sharon is gospel doctrine teacher.
GOODLY PARENTS: having been born of them i had no choice but to accept this calling. if not i would have needed to add GUILT to my list of labels. and that's a whole other post.
BITTERSWEET: i can honestly say i have truely loved all the girls i've had the honor to teach, and in turn learn from during my tenure in young womens. but i have to admit that it was wonderful to sit beside caitlin in relief society. (when on earth did either of us get old enough for that happen?)
FAITH. HUMILITY. HOPE. DENIAL: pick one...i've given them all a pretty good work out over the past few day, and i have been continually reminded that compared to challenges that so many others face, the opportunity to teach the promises of the gospel should be gratefully welcomed. i try to remember that the Lord knows my potential. He sees what i don't. i just wish that i was more privvy to those things He sees.
