FAITH ENOUGH

I was reading the June 2014 issue of the Ensign which is a magazine published by my church - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  As I was leafing through the pages I stopped when I saw a poem entitled "Faith Enough."  It seems as if every day I am asking myself:  Do I have enough faith to . . . do whatever I am expected to do or required to do or called to do or want to do. . . Faith Enough just for today?

This poem speaks of the brother of Jared and Nephi - of Peter - and maybe Daniel - and of course the pioneers who followed a prophet to an unknown land.  Some of my ancestors were part of this group - people with names like William and Phoebe.

I think of Esther who had enough faith to go to the King and ask him to save her people because, as Mordecai said, "who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this."  And Esther did what she was asked to do with faith enough as she said "if I perish, I perish."  She didn't perish and her people were saved.  And Mary who said "Behold the handmaid of the Lord.  Be it unto me according to thy word."  and she became the mother of Jesus, the Savior of the world.

My mission application will be submitted to Salt Lake this week and then I will be waiting to hear where I will be called to serve.  When I do will I have faith enough...  the poem says that her story is still being written.   I guess mine is, too.   I have lived many chapters: as a child, as a wife, as a mother, grandmother, a widow, wife again, widow again and of course as a office worker, a college student, a social worker, a counselor, a college instructor and a youth leader at church, a teacher at church, girls' camp director.

This chapter is called retirement and I'm liking it.  I'm girls' camp director again.  And I'm going to serve a mission.  So I guess, as my story continues to be written, I find that I do have faith enough . . . at least for today.