Song of the Righteous

Can I just say that I love church?

I'm pretty sure that I have the best calling in the entire Ward!  I get to sing with Primary kids all day!  Who wouldn't LOVE that??  Ok, so those of you who aren't musically inclined might not love that... but I love it!  I have so much fun with those kids (maybe too much fun, hehe), and it is always so humbling to me when parents come up and thank me for the great job I'm doing with their kids.  Or when teachers and leaders come up and compliment me on how much they enjoyed Singing Time.

I know that I have been so blessed with the talents that I have which help me in this calling.  I know that my Father in Heaven is mindful of me, because I somehow have enough energy to get these kids excited about singing.  I don't know how much you read this blog, but I'm 11 weeks pregnant, and I really don't have the energy for very much these days.  So I know that it is Heavenly Father helping me out.  He also blessed me with the ability to think like a child.  There are some moments, as I am trying to figure out what crazy thing I'll do for the next week, that ideas I read about or heard about pop into my head, or I come across them again on the internet, and I think, "that would be SO much fun! We're totally doing that!"  And I have to confess, most of the games and things we do in Singing Time are because my inner-child screams out, "Pick me, pick me!  Lemme do it, I wanna do it!!"  Haha.

Really though, what I love the most is being able to teach these kids the messages behind the songs.  So they can wrap their little minds around why we're singing it in the first place.  Seeing their eyes light up when they realize what we're singing about, hearing in their voices that they know the words are true... THAT is the BEST part about my calling.  I can always feel the spirit so strong, and I love that feeling.

I am seriously in love with my calling, and I love each of those precious kids so much (yes, even the rowdy ones).  I love passing them in the hall after church is over and hearing, "Hi, Teacher!" or "That's my Music Teacher!" or "Hey, Sister Thornton!"

Yea... I love church.  :)


Warmest Wishes,
Tiffany