A child in the Aisle
I was sitting on the second row of the chair seats during
our stake conference general session right in line with the aisle on the left
side of the chapel.
As the session got longer the small children too young to
color in the pamphlet that the primary children were each given got more and
more restless.
Our granddaughter Zoey by that time was in the hall with her
dad and other parents were still struggling to keep the young ones occupied and
quiet.
Zoey even ran into the chapel from the left side and Scott
was quick to hurry and get her, he thought she was headed back to sit with the
rest of us.
About that time a small boy somewhere between one and two
years old was also wanting to run. His mother would let him walk a couple of
steps and when he wouldn’t return to her quiet whispers then she would reach
out and take hold of his arm and slowly guide him back into their seats. This
happened a number of times and as I watched the thought came to me that our
Heavenly Father is much the same way with us. We want to get out on our own and
do things and He will whisper to us that their might be danger or some other
thing that He knows we are not ready t experience. So after a few wrong
responses from us He will reach out His hand and slowly lead us back to safety.
Now that reaching out may be simple talks in meetings or conferences helping us
to understand the gospel and discover things that we need to change to return
to the safety of His guidance. I thought
it a very special lesson given to me as I sat receiving instruction from our Stake
leaders and Elder Blake Roney our visiting general authority.
