Being with Grandma

It has been such a wonderful experience for me, Britney, Lyndsie and even Claine when I was sick a couple of weeks ago, for us to stay with grandma while Raelyn and Rdale and Gary and LaRae go to church. They hadn't been able to attend church together since grandma has come to stay since they are in the same ward.
One Sunday, Gary called and ask if we could come so they could see Raymond be recognized in sacrament meeting. I told them that we could come every week from now on. It has been a great blessing.
Grandma is a piece of heaven on earth. I love her little comments like "Oh, I'll say, or Oh my."
What a great blessing it is to serve. At the moment of offering to serve, it may seem like a sacrifice but after the service with the blessings the Lord blesses us with, it is clear that it was no sacrifice at all.
I have realized at every moment in my life when I feel the most overwhelmed and unable to handle the things I need to do, I have realized that it is at that moment when I need to look around me for someone who needs me. It has always been the case that there has been someone in need that I have needed to help. As soon as I recognize that need and do my best to help, my troubles either melt away or I am given far more ability to accomplish that which the Lord would have me do. Maybe that's why the Lord gives us that "overwhelmed" feeling. Maybe it is just a test to see if we will step outside of ourselves to find someone in need or if we will just try to survive on our own and rely on the "arm of the flesh" when what we really need to do is to turn to the Lord and ask Him "Who is it that needs me? I am willing."
I never realized in all my praying and desperation about how I could possibly get my family to church on time that stepping outside of myself to serve was again the answer. I was truly thinking it was an impossibility. I felt like I was willing but I was hitting a road block that I couldn't evercome on my own. The answer was taking an hour and a half to serve someone else on Sunday morning. Everything has fallen into place for us to finally overcome our inability to be on time. It is truly a miracle. A small one, but a miracle none the less.
It may seem insignificant to others, but to our family, I know that it was only through service that we were able to overcome this seemingly insurmountable task. It was again a test to see what I would do. Would I flounder on my own and never recieve the ablity to accomplish the task or would I look for an opportunity to serve and recieve the blessing I was in need of. Serving was the only way the Lord could bless us and until I recognized that was what I needed to do I could not recieve the blessing I was asking for. Now that I look back, it seems so simple but at the time, it was a great mystery to me.