The Nelson Family: When you ask God to help you improve a flaw...

Thursday, February 3, 2011

When you ask God to help you improve a flaw...

...He listens and gives you a chance to do better.

I love that.

This year I have been trying to get up before anyone else is awake and before work (which ends up being around 5 am) to study scriptures. Its early, but I actually really love it. I love being awake before everyone else and having time to study in peace and quite and to feel the spirit. It is a great way to start the day, and really you all should try it :)

One morning during my study I was focusing on how I could do better. I was feeling particularly grumpy for some reason, and I was studying to help that feeling go away. I realized that I needed to focus more time and energy on serving other people, so I prayed that I would have a chance to be in service of someone that day.

We have great next door neighbors. We feel really blessed. They are a young couple and they have been a great support to have since moving here. The husband has been out of town this whole week, and the wife has needed help with their business and getting around. She doesn't drive, so we have been giving her rides all over. While it has not been really convenient, it has given us a lot of opportunities to talk and to share our beliefs with her. There truly is something great about serving others. You feel better after doing so, and I love that feeling. It has been a challenging week, but I realize that I asked for it when I prayed to know how I could improve myself. I know my prayer was answered! It is a great blessing to know we are not alone.

2 comments:

Rachelle said...: He will surely give you the opportunity thats for sure! And sometimes you have to be careful what you ask for! Seems like the most important times are always inconvenient. I am so glad you've had that experience, keep it up! You are such an example to me!; February 5, 2011 at 11:25 AM
The Chambers said...: i love giving service. There is no greater way to feel our Savior's love and inspiration. And we definitely get what we pray for! I actually QUIT praying for missionary opportunities at one point. Ha! I know, that's bad. Our Savior will definitely put his needed ones in our path if we just pray for it. Good for you for putting so much work into your studies SO early in the morning! You WILL be blessed!; February 6, 2011 at 5:30 PM

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I don't want to forget all the cute things that my children have said or will say, so check back often to see what the Nelson family has to say!

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January 8, 2011

I was tired this afternoon, and I needed to nurse Kayden. I felt too tired to go pick up Kayden from where he was, so jokingly I asked Deagan if he would go change Kayden's diaper, nurse him, and then put him down for a nap.

He took it seriously, and said, "I have little boobies mommy! But do I have milk?"

Me: "No you don't have milk. I was just kidding."

Deagan: "But do I have water in my boobies?"

Needless to say, he did not follow through with what I said:)

January 6, 2009

*We went to Olive Garden for dinner tonight, and after the waitress brought us our breadsticks my son yelled after her, "Thank you lady!"

*My oldest loves to bring toys with him to bed. Tonight he had a couple of toy dinosaurs that he got for Christmas. The rule we have of bringing toys in bed is that the toys can't play, they have to sleep too. Tonight, he was having a hard time just letting his toys sleep, so I kept asking him to stop playing with the dinosaurs so he could go to sleep. He was getting really frustrated at me because of this and towards the end he started saying, "I am very mad at you!" It was so hard for me not to laugh at that.

January 4, 2009

He has done this for a while now, but whenever we are in the car he will ask, "Where are we going?" in a annoyed kind of voice. Later on he will ask really sadly, "Where did my house go?"

October 29, 2009

My oldest woke up really early this morning, and was whiny and impossible to please. At this point, I am dreading the day ahead and it is only 7 a.m. My oldest was sitting on his play table coloring and playing with his paint box (that was empty). He dropped the paint box, and began whining for me to pick it up. The conversation went something like this:

D: "Pick it up Mommy!"

Me: "It is right by you, you pick it up."

**Pause from Deagan**

D: "Michelle! Pick it up!"

I couldn't help but smile when he called me Michelle. Maybe this day will be better then I am expecting.

September 6, 2009

I think that wanting your privacy while going potty is a natural instinct that we are all born with and that develops over time. D is beginning to show signs that this privacy is a very important time when going to the bathroom. This afternoon I was making dinner and came in to the living room to check on him. As I walked into the room, he held out his hand and yelled, "No Mom! Go back!" I can always tell when he is done by him allowing me to stay in the same room with him.

August 30, 2009

D wants me to always watch what he is doing regardless of what it is. His new favorite thing to say is, "WATCH MOM!" over and over.

July 11, 2009

I was taking a bath, and locked D in the bathroom with me while I did so so I could keep an eye on him. During this process, D was very interested in his old nursing buddies (if you get my drift) and kept saying "Yummy!" "Yummy?" I asked him. "What did it taste like?" "HOT DOGS!" He replied!

July 8, 2009

D is a big help around the house. He puts things away when I ask him to, sometimes. He helps me fold the laundry, by that I mean he lays in the laundry. He is just a great help. One of his new things is to throw away his diapers after I am done changing him. After a diaper change this afternoon, he proceeded to pick up the diaper and head to the trash. His normal trash that he uses was out of reach, so I told him to go into the bathroom right off of the kitchen and to put the diaper in the trash right next to the toilet. I think all he heard from that was, "Put it in the....toilet." because that is where he put it. Like I said, very helpful! :)