To be LOVED... WE must love others

Today was an awesome Sunday! Church was amazing and was just what I needed. I'm sure the speakers and teachers were speaking to me. It was all about LOVE! Well and service. But they go hand in hand. Alyssa Faust was one of the speakers who spoke to my heart. The spirit was so strong. One of the things she spoke about was re: the counsel that a very wise former Bishop (Todd Rogers) gave her and her husband before getting married. He said to pray for your spouse to know the things they need and to pray for the help you would need with these things. Not a quote by any means but her words touched my heart the way I needed them too. Then our Sunday school lesson was on serving each other, being prepared and being self sufficient. Awesome lesson by Brother Turley. Then I went to relief society and man the spirit was so strong. Mikki Rogers was giving the lesson. (she's a favorite of mine) She began by telling us all that she had lost her lesson she had prepared on the computer. It just went poof and she couldn't get it back. She was able to put another one together. Then during sacrament she was prompted that she wasn't supposed to give that lesson either. Imagine how you would feel. I'm so greatful she listened to the promptings to the spirit. Her lesson was the icing on the cake for my spiritual feast I was enjoying. I don't think there was a dry eye in the room. We were all so touched. She spoke of many things about loving others ... But the one that hit closest to home for me was that in order to be loved I must love first. I have a situation in my life where there is someone whom I have never really felt loved me. Someone close to me and so it hurts. (no it's not my husband) He loves me dearly! As much as I don't want to let this person close to my heart I MUST get them as close to my heart as I can. UGH!!!! Believe me I fought with the idea but only for a bit. If my heavenly father is going to dedicate a whole sundays worth of lessons to me then I had better darn well not be rebellious and do what I'm told to do. I know that this won't be easy . I know "I" won't be what changes how this person feels. I will get to change how I feel and that my friends is all we really have control over .... ourselves. So this week I will begin my journey to show this person that I love them . I will do this by service and small acts of kindness and anything else I can come up with. I will be the one to really benefit from this and am excited to get started. I challenge you to find someone in your life that you can do the same with. Imagine if everyone did this with just one person how great the world could be. Pass it on and lets start feeling the LOVE!!