[Joseph's sister, Anna, his cousin Jaeden, and their friends Bailey and Cade, were in a car accident last week on their way home from a music camp. They rear-ended a car that was stopped in the middle lane of the freeway going at least 50 mph. This was a miracle that they weren't all killed! They all walked away from it - a bit sore and bruised - but they were able to perform in their final show on Saturday night. This is the experience Joseph is referring to...]
To be short, a lot has happened,
I've run through a thousand emotions, and I'm a bit disappointed in
myself that I'm not perfect or I'm not the man the Lord wants me to be yet. I
feel that my talents as of yet underused and now worry that if I try to use them,
I'll be relying on my own arm, get over confident and lose the spirit because
humility was defeated.
I'm very grateful for
Anna's example after the accident - in that she performed. "The show MUST go on"
is a common theme in Broadway and also in the Lord's
work. Jaeden is also a shining star of example that those wallowing
in self-pity like me today can look up as an example. Count your many
blessings, right? Sure thing. But sometimes, you just have to get by by counting others blessings, like Anna and Jaedan and Bailey and Cade being
saved. Like that I still have a change to move on in the Lord will pull my butt
out of this rut. He's done it before, and I only assume He's bound to do it
again.
I don't really have a
"resounding message" that will come from this, as I'm not in
a position to deliver such a one.
This was a clip I sent to my dad as
I have been struggling with myself in this work. I call it growing pains. I
also call it shifting gears; I was in the office. Now I'm in the boonies. But
it's like a car - you start from a stop and go to gear 1. But you rev your
engine until it's at its peak and then the Lord shifts UP. Notice that when you
shift UP the sound goes down - but your speed grows faster even with you feel
your engine is slower. These are like set backs - small things that seem like
they make us slower, but really give us the speed to go faster.
I've got to go, but I love you all.
Don't be afraid to gear up when you're called.
Elder Gibbons
